Well, AMI have bought us a new NEC Versa laptop to replace the one that was stolen. The stolen lappie was also an NEC Versa, but an older model.
Mdk 9.1 installed without a hitch, except that in so doing I stuffed up Windows XP. When the mdk install thingy got to the partitioning stage, it showed that there was a C drive (FAT32) and a D drive (NTFS). I just assumed that the C drive was the program drive and the D would be the "My Documents" drive, thus D could be deleted to make room for linux - WRONG! When I selected windows from the GRUB menu I got some wierd shite about windows 98 (!?!?) needing some .EXE to boot windows XP - can't recall the exact messages. So it appears that, a) XP is _still_ based on 98, and b) The XP stuff was on drive D. Anyway, no great loss. As long as OOo, Mozilla and kmail work (they do) my wife will be able to do her work. However, there's a built in DVD-ROM/CD writer (no floppy!) so now I want to watch DVDs. Anyone clever on list willing to help me set it up? I don't even know where to start, except I know I'll need this DeCSS thingy. BTW: Specs - 2.0 Ghz CPU, 256Mb RAM, 20 GB HDD, Built-in ethernet (it works, I can ssh to my desktop over a crossover cable) NO FLOPPY, DVD-ROM/CD Writer. Yuri
