It's not a think pad, it's a think center. I Mis spoke.
Mark Wallace [email protected] ---- Original Message ---- From: Chris Knadle <[email protected]> To: mhvlug <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:28 pm Subject: Re: [mhvlug] New install is crashing. On Sunday, January 13, 2013 07:24:09, Mark Wallace wrote: > CD was successfully used on another install less than a week ago and > "check sum"ed successfully just before the problem. Computer being used > is an IBM think pad. Is it possible that they did something bios-cmos > to "protect it." Many Thinkpads have the option for a hard disk password setting, but AFAIK other than that there's nothing that would prevent partitioning; even so, a partitioner program crashing with an error I would consider unusual. > Computer had picked up a virus that wiped out the data > and prevented operation of AVG. It had XP Service Pack 2 in it. I am > using a 64 bit KDE 12.04 LTS CD that it check sum and "try Kubuntu"ed > with no problems. In some of the forum messages I've seen, people running into this problem were eventually able to get Ubuntu installed after retrying a few times. I'm not familiar with this particular problem and have never seen it yet. -- 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 Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi Mar 6 - 10th Anniversary Meeting - Linux where you least expect it Apr 3 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art
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