Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-27 Thread Robert Flatters
Who...Me i might have done but like you i have a memory like a sieve myself. Regards Bob On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Ian Betteridge i...@ianbetteridge.co.ukwrote: You KNOW I have a memory like a sieve! Didn't I meet you at some point? ;) On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Liam Proven

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-27 Thread Ian Betteridge
Heh! No, not you - Liam (bit of an in-joke as I've known Liam for years) On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Robert Flatters robert.flatt...@googlemail.com wrote: Who...Me i might have done but like you i have a memory like a sieve myself. Regards Bob On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Ian

[ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Ian Betteridge
I wiped my tiny remaining Windows partition last night to replace it with the beta of Windows 7 (it's only taken me a month to get around to having a play). It's nice, but nothing that exciting - just basically Windows Vista done better. But, if you're installing and also have Ubuntu installed,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Alan Pope
2009/2/25 Ian Betteridge i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk: First, it merrily wipes your master boot record, which means you'll need to reinstall GRUB to get access to your Ubuntu install. This can be done from the LiveCD (google reinstalling grub ubuntu to find out the full details.) This is actually

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Ian Betteridge
Yep, but worth a reminder - I'd forgotten! :) On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: 2009/2/25 Ian Betteridge i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk: First, it merrily wipes your master boot record, which means you'll need to reinstall GRUB to get access to your Ubuntu install.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Allison
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Ian Betteridge i...@ianbetteridge.co.ukwrote: I wiped my tiny remaining Windows partition last night to replace it with the beta of Windows 7 (it's only taken me a month to get around to having a play). It's nice, but nothing that exciting - just basically

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Liam Proven
2009/2/25 Ian Betteridge i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk: Yep, but worth a reminder - I'd forgotten! :) Well done, Penfold. ;¬) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Robert Flatters
It good to know some of the quirk of window 7 before it released. Just in case i deside to get it or not. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/2/25 Ian Betteridge i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk: Yep, but worth a reminder - I'd forgotten! :) Well done,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Ian Betteridge
You KNOW I have a memory like a sieve! Didn't I meet you at some point? ;) On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/2/25 Ian Betteridge i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk: Yep, but worth a reminder - I'd forgotten! :) Well done, Penfold. ;¬) -- Liam Proven •