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Sup Wil,
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I know what your going through. The DVD and CDRW on my laptop were a pain to get working. Toss me an email and list out the specifics of what you would like working and I'll see what I can do. I've also dual booted Win2k at work, and WinME at home, with several distros. My home computer is a high end system as well. And if I can't help, hopefully I can at least make some recommendations for you.
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Chris
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On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 01:07, Wil Pike wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Newbie here... I've been to 3 installfests so far with limited success at</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>each and attempted a Beer-Meeting (ugly results - had the wrong night or</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>something....). The last 2 Karl (Carl?) has assisted me (quite well, I might</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>add) - no, I don't know his last name, but the red-headed one.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Anyway... I've watched the 'switch' Apple commercials for too long as I sit</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>thru yet ANOTHER 'download the Winders drivers' nightmare on a 'new' box</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>I've put together... I'll not bore (or would that be entice?) you with the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>details at this point except to say it's pretty close to top-shelf</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>components across the board... Exasperation (being the combination of</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>'expitives' and 'perspiration') finally set in when I was unable to get the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>thoughtfully-included software to operate either the CDRW OR the DVD drives.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>I've been working under the mantra of 'Micro$oft-free by the end of 03',</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>trying to slowly slide into a comfort zone with Linux (started with</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Mandrake, more recently with RH) doing dual-boot setups... (I HAVE</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>successfully setup an older 400Mhz machine as a RH-ONLY system, but that is</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>the extent of my 'good' luck with Linux so far... *sigh*).</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>So (for the few of you that may still be following this rambling...)... it</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>now comes to this. My immediate past results have me ready to jump into the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>great by and by of Linux where I will either fall to my death on the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>rocks... or learn to fly. As it currently stands, however, I am seeking a</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>guru who works for pizza-and-beer prices to do a little tinkering on this</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>box to get it Linux-enabled dual-boot... I have no 'release-loyalty' that</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>couldn't be swayed by much more than 'my favorite release is...' as I REALLY</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>want to get this going!! (and, IMHO, it's a pretty cool stash of parts I've</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>acquired to make this thing go, so there'd be the fun of playing with it</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>once it was working...).</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>I'll open the bidding at a 6-pack of your favorite barley-pop and (at least)</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>a small size of your favorite pizza... any takers? IF it matters to the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bidders, I live near 169/62 just outside Hopkins... *crossing fingers and</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>sitting back to wait on the bidding now...*</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Wil</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>"If you are in that trade of helping others to laugh and to survive by</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#730910"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>laughter, then you are privileged indeed." - Chuck Jones</FONT></FONT></I>
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