Remember the old days (when I started with Linux)? Every "newbie" needed help with modems and the answer was often to get a friendly "guru" to come to your place or take your computer to a CLUG meeting.
Have you considered these options Davin? Rob On 6 March 2015 at 08:58, Derek Smithies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > My guess is that there is a computer (supplied by management) that > presents a web page for all to use. > > I would ask if it is possible to borrow that computers ethernet cable for > a bit - there might be issues > with security the base linux installer cannot cope with. One or two others > might be a bit upset by such action, > so it is not a good idea. I leave it to you to work out the merits of such > an approach. > > I think the management have supplied an access point for all to use - > which is what Davin is trying to use, which caused this > whole thread. > > Davin - I think you win the award for creating the longest thread of > discussion this year. > > Cheers, > Derek. > =============================== > On 06/03/15 07:58, Nick Rout wrote: > >> Davin if you don't have access to the internet to get the drivers >> source and other packages you need, how are you posting here? You >> could even download the required packages and source on another >> computer, out them on a USB stick and transfer to your laptop. >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >> > > -- > Sent from my Ubuntu computer > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- Robert Fisher
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