On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 15:21, Don Gould wrote: > On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 22:07, Paul Wilkins wrote: > > > What? You mean put in new drive, copy old drive partition(s) across, > > that sort of kidney? > > No. > > I was asking about putting in a new disk for Linux only. > > I wouldn't suggest that we want to get involved in transfering content > of existing drives.
you are on the wrong list to talk about the installfest BUT I personally am not interested in performing hardware upgrades. People can install a new hard drive if they so desire _before_ they turn up at the door. > > Having done a look at the clients machine and identifying that they have > boarderline space we then dispatch them off to DSE to get a new disk and > bring it back to be installed. > > We may also find people in the registration process that don't have > enough disk space nor the skills to install a new disk. In that case > I'm happy to put disks in if they bring them along having just purchased > them new. > > > Who here likes pain? > > > > I think that barring exceptional circumstances, new drives are Linux drives. > > > > >I'm happy to bring a couple of static straps > > > > > > > I've got a static strap I can bring too, and even more importantly, > > spare power leads and power boards. > > Got that covered as well... I've got a half dozen I can throw in a box. > > Cheers Don >
