Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-12-06 Thread Andrew Morgan
Dominic Lonsdale wrote: Is this not getting a bit over complicated ? I just made a bootable USB thumb drive (or flash drive or whatever they are called now) and plugged it in. The CD USB process used to be complicated, also it requires that you have a spare USB flash drive which is large

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-12-05 Thread Peter Merchant
On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 01:03 +, Andrew Morgan wrote: Simon O'Riordan wrote: I've got the HP Mini with Suse, but there is(obviously) no optical drive. How do you put 9.04 onto it? I have done the installation of Ubuntu on my EeePC using a USB CD drive. Usually one connected via a

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-12-05 Thread Peter Washington
Hi Peter Simon O'Riordan wrote: I've got the HP Mini with Suse, but there is(obviously) no optical drive. How do you put 9.04 onto it? I have done the installation of Ubuntu on my EeePC using a USB CD drive. Usually one connected via a USB ATA adapter. I'm surprised more people don't

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-12-05 Thread Dominic Lonsdale
Is this not getting a bit over complicated ? I just made a bootable USB thumb drive (or flash drive or whatever they are called now) and plugged it in. Press ESC during BIOS stage and then select device to boot from. I have a bootable drive with Ubuntu loaded and can give it to you. Do you want

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-12-05 Thread Simon O'Riordan
I got it working over a week ago. Do try and keep up, Pike.:) - Original Message - From: Dominic Lonsdale lonsdale...@btinternet.com To: Dorset Linux User Group dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-11-30 Thread Simon O'Riordan
Since making the BIOS alteration the fan runs permanently but unobtrusively when running on mains. VIA chucks out heat, but the hardware is more than adequate and it doesn't even get warm anymore. Should be the default really. As for performance, it will run a realtime video edge detection from

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-11-29 Thread Simon O'Riordan
knowing that temperature control is tighter. Simono - Original Message - From: Victor Churchill victorchurch...@gmail.com To: Dorset Linux User Group dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 9:42 PM Subject: Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest Sorry, don't know what

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-11-29 Thread Sean Gibbins
Simon O'Riordan wrote: Word to the wise- I noticed the HP2133 getting warm, although there have been no troubles. On the web, certain people suggested that overheating was an issue. It has been replaced by the 2140, with a change from the Via chip to the Atom. IIRC the VIA chips were

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-11-28 Thread Peter Merchant
On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 17:36 +, Andrew Morgan wrote: Simon O'Riordan wrote: Thanks Andrew. My HP Mini detects extra drives at boot up and offers options by pressing F9. I would love to buy an external Optical Drive, but I'm doing this on a strict budget until I get a job!

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-11-27 Thread Simon O'Riordan
] Goodies for Reasons Harvest Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:40:09 - From: Simon O'Riordan voluntar...@btopenworld.com Subject: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest. To: Dorset Linux User Group dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Message-ID: cfe1a2a01087481ea2430145835fc...@simonpc Content-Type: text/plain

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-11-27 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday 27 Nov 2009, Sean Gibbins wrote: Simon O'Riordan wrote: Hello Archie, I've got the HP Mini with Suse, but there is(obviously) no optical drive. How do you put 9.04 onto it? When I put UNR on my son's Acer One I transferred the image to a usb stick and booted off that. That's

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest. (and OT: Broken Winblowsbox)

2009-11-25 Thread Simon O'Riordan
To: Dorset Linux User Group dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest. (and OT: Broken Winblowsbox) On Wednesday 25 Nov 2009, Simon O'Riordan wrote: This Friday is a new North American celebration callled 'Reasons

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest. (and OT: Broken Winblows box)

2009-11-25 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:21:28 +, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk said: and don't start me on 'Trick or Treat'. It's always amused me that parents spend 364 days each year telling their children not to accept sweets from strangers, and one day a year encouraging them to ask strangers for sweets.