To all, Jim, > > this is way beyond EMC support ... You need seek help for BASIC PC setup > elsewhere. However
While this is true, many of the people coming to EMC are from a different planet (windoze) and learning to walk in a new land takes time and patience. This very stumbling block has tripped many (see Dale Grover's comment regarding passerby's experiences trying to get it EMC working) I can appreciate Jims troubles. I ran through 4 boxes, trips for memory, swapping cd roms learning how to read errors in the startup text and other by sheer bulldogging and this was for a hobby I was trying to justify to my wife. I fortunately made a set of simple stars for christmas 2 years ago and my wife was pleased. I figured that set of ornaments cost $1k. Learning IRC eventually got me the beginning of the answers to my numerous computer challenges. It would certainly be nice to have a section of the wiki devoted to the Novice linux emc beginner. Right now, I still find the Wiki a daunting place to find information. Even lurking in IRC I am often humbled by the speed at which people can "get things working" like Optic's laser. I would have probably spent 3 years getting there. I what I am suggesting is that if you are very savy with Linux, please be patient with us dozers - we are plowing out of a deep hole of mystery click and go has lead us into for 20+ years. Brian G. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
