where are you deane? you need someone to call around and spend an hour with you.
On Tue, 17 May 2005 14:14:42 +1200 Deane Foreman wrote: > I found the files on the DVD, but I still don't know enough about Linux to > open them in order to read them. I have tried getting to them by opening > Office, Acrobat etc and then opening the files - but no good. > > Same thing with Rute - downloaded the html version and I can open the folder > from the NTFS Windows partition when in Linux, but I'm not able to read the > docs in it. So I would educate my own good self about this operating system > if I could but I am having no luck so far. Basically, I suppose I lack too > many first principles about Linux/Unix to attempt to use it for anything > yet. I had been hoping to get online in Linux and then surf for basic > tutorials to build a basis for working in Linux. > > I am hoping to get hold of a router in the very near future which will, I > hope, obviate the necessity to get the USB modem going. > > I do have a dial up modem but it is an ISA slot model and my current > motherboard has no ISA slots. I'm not sure if I can use a dial-up > connection to an ADSL account either. Nice of you to offer though, Volker. > > Oh well. Thanks for the help so far. -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch <http://www.rout.co.nz> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
