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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=985591514-14022008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I first was going to reply to you and then just before I
sent the reply I changed my mind and copied the address into the e-mail.
It bounced with the following error:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P>Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.</P>
<P>Subject: RE: [Cialug] Install Troubles</P>
<P>Sent: 2/13/2008 4:31 PM</P></DIR></DIR></DIR></DIR>
<P>The following recipient(s) could not be reached:</P>
<P>'cialug-bounces@cialug.org ' on 2/13/2008 4:31 PM</P>
<P>None of your e-mail accounts could send to this
recipient.</P></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=985591514-14022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So I
don't know what went wrong, but I tried to include everybody, but it
failed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=985591514-14022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Unfortunately I don't have a laptop. Bummer.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=5>Murray McKee</FONT><FONT
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mattnuzum@gmail.com
[mailto:mattnuzum@gmail.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Matthew Nuzum<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 5:41 PM<BR><B>To:</B> McKee, Murray<BR><B>Cc:</B>
Central Iowa Linux Users Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Cialug] Install
Troubles<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Please ensure to send your mail to the list, not to me directly.
Other comments below.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Feb 13, 2008 4:30 PM, <<A
href="mailto:murraymckee@wellsfargo.com">murraymckee@wellsfargo.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Matthew</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have two
physical drives. "C" is the old Windows 95 drive. S/B about 6
Gig. "D" was empty until Linux was installed on it.
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Windows
started up with a scan because it wasn't shut down correctly last
time and said it found some place on the hard drive that needed fixed and
I said go a head and it did. Now windows won't boot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Results of
fdisk</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>disk
/dev/sda 1614 MB ** That seems way too small</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>64 heads
** This seems way too large</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>/dev/sda *
1 780 W95 FAT32</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>disk
/dev/sdb 10.6 GB</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>255 heads
** This seems way too large as well</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>/dev/sdb1
* 1 1200 Linux</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>/dev/sdb2
1201 1245 Extended</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>/dev/sdb5
1201 1245 Linux swap / Solaris</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It looks
to me like the last two have been assigned the same range of
cylinders.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So it looks like both hard
drives have been marked as bootable.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I updated my machine to 128
MB ram after it failed to boot Linux with the 32 that it had when it ran
Windows. That's as much as the mother board will
accept.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Boot Sequence is currently
set to</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>floppy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>CD</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>HD1 = "C"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>not used</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>When I try to start windows
it comes up and allows you to F1 into setup</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>After that it scans the 128
MB of memory</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It attempts to read the empty
floppy drive and then does a hard power off. I'm assuming that it tries
to read the CD as well, but I can't hear it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The errors are happening
during the install.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm on a slow phone
line. Good connections are 22K - 24K connections and they degrade to
slower speeds as large files down load. Downloading a CD is not a
practical </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>P.S. what command do I issue
to close the terminal window?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>With 128M
of memory you'll need to use the "alternate CD" method of installation instead
of the live CD. Even then Ubuntu and Kubuntu aren't ideal for a computer like
this. There is Xubuntu, designed for older computers. However, using the text
mode installer I've run Ubuntu OK on 128M of RAM on a 550MHz PC.<BR><BR>Do you
have a laptop? Can you stop in at a Panera or the mall for lunch and download
the CD and burn it?<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Matthew Nuzum<BR>newz2000 on
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