--- On Sun, 26/6/11, Chris Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Chris Robinson <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800 > To: [email protected] > Received: Sunday, 26 June, 2011, 11:02 PM > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Tom Sparks <[email protected]> > To: Chris Robinson <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, 26 June, 2011 10:04:06 PM > Subject: re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on Acer > Veriton 2800 > > Xubuntu 11.04 works, I think > the CD is reporting itself as xubuntu 10.04 (strange) > ------------------------------------ > > That's odd, I recently installed Xubuntu and it seemed to > be reporting as > 11.04. In what area did it say it was 10.04?
near the "Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key", i'll have to check when check disk finishes if ever > > Glad it seems to be working for you however. > > >gparted has reported the hard drive has bad sectors in > NTFS filesystem :( > >Noooooooooo! You Microsoft bastards <me strangle the > air>, where is my Windows > >XP CD...... > > Actually, bad sectors may be indicating a problem with the > hard drive. It would > really pay to look at the Smart status of the drive and > keep close tabs on it. > Also do regular backups of any important data. I hope is not another dud computer for her (first dud was RAM corruption issue) :( do these centrelink/job networks give out dud computers? > > Chris > -- tom_a_sparks "It's a nerdy thing I like to do" Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 WB 3.X, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2 Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only) -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
