Re: Vote for Debian on Lenovo

2007-09-09 Thread Cavan Mejias
debian! On 9/9/07, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: steef wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=98 Regards, Andrei voted for debian; of course! I voted for the user-added option: Anyone that refuses to carry binary-only drivers, so that all

Re: How to restore restore grub after a Windows reinstall?

2007-09-08 Thread Cavan Mejias
Ok thanks knoppix really comes in handy! On 9/6/07, V A R G U X [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/9/6, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Alfredo Finol F wrote: El jue, 06-09-2007 a las 22:07 -0400, Cavan Mejias escribió: I think my windows XP partition might have a virus

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2007-09-06 Thread Cavan Mejias
I think my windows XP partition might have a virus or maybe some of the Microsoft files are damaged. Its running very slow but linux works fine. I wonder if anyone can tell me if I can reinstall windows without messing up grub? Or should I just resign myself to a fresh install

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

2007-08-30 Thread Cavan Mejias
Just get a debian cd (check architecture) and boot. When it asks what to do tell it to format the entire hard drive and install Debian. Or did you want to keep some aspects of Ubuntu? On 8/30/07, Britton Kerin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Cavan Mejias
How much would all this apply to a laptop? I mean, are they considered more robust or less? w/ regard to powering off and on? Cavan On 8/28/07, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Raquel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Grupos.com.br] Convite para participar do grupo: Desk Service Informática

2007-08-13 Thread Cavan Mejias
what? On 12/08/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *** Convite do grupo *** Desk Service ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), o convida para participar do grupo Desk Service Informática no Grupos.com.br com a seguinte mensagem: A Desk

Re: installing gnash on amd64 etch...

2007-08-12 Thread Cavan Mejias
depends on what you install I would say. I've had 50/50 results so far. On 12/08/07, Michael Fothergill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Debianists, I downloaded the latest gnash deb file for amd64 etch. I tried to install it but I need some more recent libraries etc before it will work

Re: Fwd: Wireless card

2007-08-11 Thread Cavan Mejias
- Client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i) wireless-tools - Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 20:12 -0400, Cavan Mejias wrote: Thanks. I did that before installing the kernel 2.6.1. Now Im not sure if its in the right folder, its in /etc/lib/firmware

Re: Boot troubles

2007-08-11 Thread Cavan Mejias
yeah, i think its recommended that you install XP first, then debian. Good Luck! On 11/08/07, Samuel Bächler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed Windows XP, it setted it's own code in MBR. I wasn't confused, I just inserted first DVD of Debian GNU/Linux Sarge in DVD-ROM, but then I

Re: Fwd: Wireless card

2007-08-11 Thread Cavan Mejias
/08/07, Cavan Mejias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok thanks, I just realised I have a kernel from unstable installed, 2.6.22. I hope the 6.20 kernel supports wireless. On 11/08/07, Stef Daniels VK5HSX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would update your kernel to atleast 2.6.18 or 2.6.20 which