On Saturday, November 10, 2012 23:51:44, Jack Chastain wrote: > Lots of replies!
Adding: *Mattihas:* I think he's on the right track that it's a Grub2 + possible hardware issue; his message is what helped me realize what might have happened. > *Al:* ... > *Allen:* Fedora Live CD I'll just note that I found Fedora 17 acceptable, as was OpenSuSE 12.1, Mint Debian, Mint 13, and many others. http://mhvlug.org/pipermail/mhvlug/2012-August/032359.html > *Sean:* "I'd actually suggest going with the x86_64 version of it" Huh. I > didn't notice that. Since this is 32-bit hardware (P4) then the x86_64 / amd64 version won't work. Feel free to verify that, though. :-P The 32-bit versions of Linux are Y2K safe until 2038, so there's nothing wrong with sticking with 32-bit for now. > *Mark:* It's a 32-bit P4 (I said P5 before, then got home and checked). > There is a 64-bit system in the house, but my son has it ;-) I get > relegated to the crappy old stuff. To be honest though, my wife keeps > telling me I need New Stuff - I just haven't gotten around to picking out > something reasonable. My parents are both using P4 systems with KDE and are still happy with them. I also have a P4 Desktop at home with KDE and also find it works okay. No need to change it if it still works for you. ;-) New Stuff comes with the possible issue of dealing with hardware that isn't supported by the Linux kernel yet, so going New sometimes comes with it's own set of headaches. > *Chris:* Got your phone number, am going through your details and we'll see > how it goes tonight/this morning. I am off work at or around 0900 Sunday, > don't have to work again until 2300 Wednesday. If I don't get anywhere with > this, and you have the time, your experience would be greatly appreciated! > We will have to see how things progress. This is not urgent and can wait if > necessary - hope your GF is better and you can get your parents back up and > online with no issues. Cool. I made the trip to Long Island and fixed the router, using someone else's pre- made "Debian for Alix" image this time: https://code.google.com/p/debian-for-alix/wiki/InstalationAndFirstSteps Dix Hills has tree rubbish in the streets all over the place -- looks crazy. Some houses across the street from my parents still don't have power. I heard a report via the fire department radio that the death count in Statten Island is 132 so far -- mostly by drowning, a few by electrocution in seawater that flooded homes. I should be back in Middletown by Monday afternoon. Feel free to call me on the phone anytime today if you want to try troubleshooting it verbally. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Dec 5 - SysAdmin Panel Jan 9 - High Performance Computing Feb 6 - February Meeting
