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I've rebooted both several times. This is the same thing that
happened 2 nights ago when I tried a Netgear router. I had a friend
helping to and neither of our laptops would connect and now not with
the Cisco either.<br>
Yes, the USB drive is bootable as it is a clone of my HD and I just
tried it again last night and it boots up fine from my old Toshiba
but not the Acer.<br>
I'll try an Ubuntu CD though I am not even clear on how to use the
Acer with its windoze OS to make sure it can do it. I'm just going
to the grub options with the USB drive.<br>
<br>
On 08/23/2012 07:17 AM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid:CALfk__1vdAqHY_U4QrJJ7kmhOMVZFzXQ-O-mEFwBmqJepJbS9w@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">I'll second the reboot on the modem and router reboot.
Often DSL connections record the MAC address of the connected
"computer" and then only allow that machines MAC address to
connect so if you are replacing the router it won't have the same
MAC address and therefore not allow a connection. A reboot should
solve this.
<div>
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<div>USB drive boot problem, will the USB stick boot another
computer? If not, then it is probably the MBR as Rob said, if
it will boot another computer then you might have a bigger
issue. A quick test would be to take another USB stick and put
something like Ubuntu or other distro on it in a bootable form
and then try booting from it. If it works, it is not the new
laptop.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Andy<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 1:34 AM, Rob
Haag <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:rhaag71@gmail.com" target="_blank">rhaag71@gmail.com</a>></span>
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Did you move the MBR over as well? The easiest way to get
the MBR to a drive is with 'DD' (google), just be careful
what you do with dd because it will do exactly what you ask
of it. I'm not sure if the boot flag is important for a
linux bootloader, but I always look if I'm having issues
with booting and it has never hurt having it set. Gparted is
good, but fdisk (command line) might be faster and easier to
check the boot flag. But, if I'm feeling lazy I'll google up
a tutorial about migrating a HDD using GParted, which is
pretty user friendly. Theres tons of guides out there,
especially since using virtual machines and cloud computing
has become so trendy... thanks to cheap powerful hardware
:)
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>Also, the router... right off the top of my head, it
sounds like maybe the new router didn't get a DHCP
assignment from the modem. You may already know this and
have tried it but I would unplug both (mdm & router),
turn on the modem first and let it come up, then turn on
the router and see if that makes a connection.</div>
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<div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 1:15
AM, BrianO'Keefe <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com"
target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>></span>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I got the
acer today and just tried booting from my USB
ubuntu drive and I can't. I can set the boot
order, which I did, but still no boot from the
USB drive.<br>
The USB drive Ubuntu is a clone of my current
HD, 10.04. Both machines are AMD 64 bit<br>
<br>
Any ideas?<br>
<br>
Another question: I bought a new Cisco router
after trying a Netgear yesterday to replace my
D-Link that is 8 years old. Neither one of the
new routers will talk to my Westelll d90, DSL
modem that is about 8 years old too.
Compatibility issues?<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance
<div><br>
<br>
Brian<br>
<br>
On 08/18/2012 12:27 AM, Rob Haag wrote: </div>
<div>
<div>
<blockquote type="cite">I second what Andy
says (if you can shell the extra dough), I
upgraded my workstation to a Core2 Quad
and I love it. It performs near what one
of the i3-i5 does, probably for more
electric but I am very happy. I think a
quad core AMD would be nice too, I'm
sure... especially when you run Linux, I
imagine it has a better processor
scheduler :) In fact, the kernel just got
a new one not too far back and if I
remember right 3.0 kernel is full-on
taking advantage of multi core processors.
<div> <br>
</div>
<div>Rob Haag<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 17,
2012 at 9:38 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:farnsaw@stonedoor.com"
target="_blank">farnsaw@stonedoor.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;
border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204,
204); padding-left: 1ex;">Look on
the bottom of your Toshiba and see
if there is a MS Windows sticker
with a code. That is the license
and it will tell you if it is
Windows XP or what. if it is, you
just need to find media to do the
wipe and install then either sell or
gift it to someone. Yes, I know you
can do the same with Linux on it,
but MOST people won't buy it if it
doesn't have windows. If the
sticker isn't there, then you will
need to either find the original
media which will most likely have
the license key with it, or you will
need to buy new which isn't worth
it. Let the buyer do that if they
want. Just DBAN the laptop and put
a basic install of something like
Ubuntu on it and then sell it or
gift it.
<div>
<div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div>Andy<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 7:36
PM, BrianO'Keefe <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com"
target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>></span>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff"
text="#000000"> Thanks
Andy,<br>
I checked out the CPUs
on PassMark CPU and you
are totally correct. The
A5560 is almost clocking
4x faster. I ordered it!<br>
I never thought about
the Windows license. I
suppose this Toshiba has
one but I wouldn't know
how to find it.<br>
<br>
New laptop should be
here by Tuesday! Now
when those SSDHDs get
down to a reasonable
price I can justify
upgrading.<br>
<br>
Brian <br>
<div>
<div> <br>
On 08/17/2012 03:16
PM, Andrew
Farnsworth wrote:
<blockquote
type="cite">If the
$60 is not too
much, go for the
A5560-7414. The
.15 Ghz difference
won't make a
difference really
and if you are in
single threaded /
single core mode
this one will
turbo up to 2.4
Ghz. So you get
more modern, more
powerful and
faster cpu, better
graphics, better
power savings, a
bigger HD all for
$60. Sounds like
a deal to me. I
know many people
will state
otherwise, but
have a Windows
license for you
laptop is a good
thing... it
improves resale
value.
<div> <br>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Andy<br>
<br>
<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Fri, Aug 17,
2012 at 4:36
PM,
BrianO'Keefe <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com"
target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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bgcolor="#ffffff"
text="#000000">
Anyone help me
out with these
laptops from
Newegg?<br>
<br>
So this for
$319:<br>
ASUS A53U-ES21
Notebook AMD
Dual-Core
Processor
E-450(1.65GHz)
15.6" 4GB
Memory DDR3
320GB HDD
5400rpm
DVD±R/RW AMD
Radeon HD 6320
<br>
and I have a
brand new
500GB HD for
it.<br>
Or this for
$379:<br>
Acer Aspire
A5560-7414
Notebook AMD
A-Series
A6-3420M(1.5GHz)
15.6" 4GB
Memory 500GB
HDD 5400rpm
DVD Super
Multi AMD
Radeon HD
6520G . The
CPU is a quad
core.<br>
<br>
Advice please?<br>
<br>
No on the HP I
wrote about
earlier as it
has no optical
drive.<br>
<br>
Many Thanks,<br>
<br>
Brian
<div><br>
<br>
On 08/16/2012
10:16 PM, Rob
Haag wrote: </div>
<div>
<div>
<blockquote
type="cite">Not
bad for first
hardware, I
was just
remembering
recently how
my first
computer had
floppies
(5.25"). My
first hard
drive was 15mb
(yep, that is
Megabytes :)
). Now I'm
giving my age
away, but I
know older
nerds :) I'm
quite
surprised
lately at how
cheap hardware
is getting, I
find (capable)
laptops for
under $200. It
makes it a bit
easier to move
onto new
hardware when
they are so
cheap, and
recycling old
ones is
responsible
too... so we
don't have to
milk every
last drop of
service from
the old units.
<div> <br>
</div>
<div>Good luck
and your
welcome, of
course</div>
<div>Rob<br>
<br>
<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Fri, Aug 17,
2012 at 12:10
AM,
BrianO'Keefe <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com"
target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>></span>
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<div
bgcolor="#ffffff"
text="#000000">
Thanks so much
Rob. I've
cloned my HD
several times
as larger
cpacity ones
came on market
and installed
them into this
laptop and
yes, SATA. I
think though
that it's time
to stop trying
to make this
workhorse pull
the loads that
newer OS
versions and
all the
software that
I've installed
amount to.
amazing to
think my first
computer was a
Mac G3 Desktop
with a 4GB
HD!!<br>
I'll check out
micro center
for sure.<br>
<br>
Thanks again<br>
<br>
Brian
<div>
<div><br>
<br>
On 08/16/2012
09:59 PM, Rob
Haag wrote:
<blockquote
type="cite">Does
your Toshiba
have a SATA
hard drive?
All the new
ones do,
surely this
unit at Newegg
does too. But
you may also
sacrifice
speed/reliability
to swap it
out. I may
suggest you
take an image
of your old
HDD with
GParted or
even the 'dd'
command, then
put that image
on the new
hard drive,
then grow the
new hard
drive's
partition to
utilize the
extra space
(if the new on
is bigger (in
capacity)...
or partition
whats left
over and mount
that partition
too. It's not
a fantasy to
swap hard
drives though,
if you
thinking 'will
it start up in
the new
hardware?'
Also, the new
laptop you
linked to
certainly
supports
accelerated 3D
graphics,
which sounds
like a step up
for you in
that
department.
<div> <br>
</div>
<div>Just for
the fun of it,
check out
Micro Center.
Not every deal
ships (some
are 'in store
only'). I
re-located to
Columbus, OH
and we have
Micro Center
here, my dad
just picked up
a really nice
Asus laptop
for $249 that
supports
accelerated
graphics, the
RAM is a bit
lower than
what you found
at Newegg, but
could be
upgraded for
$20-30 to 4gb.
I have had
very good
service from
Micro Center
too, they are
very customer
oriented. It's
worth a quick
look, but
unfortunately
most of the
'good' deals
are 'in store
only'</div>
<div>MicroCenter <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.microcenter.com/"
target="_blank">http://www.microcenter.com/</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Good
luck,</div>
<div>Rob Haag</div>
<div><br>
<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Thu, Aug 16,
2012 at 11:36
PM,
BrianO'Keefe <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com"
target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>></span>
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bgcolor="#ffffff"
text="#000000">
Hey all,<br>
<br>
I have the
Toshiba
satellite with
an AMD 64 bit
processor. One
of my main
issues is that
the notebook
doesn't have
the newer
video
capability to
run Ubuntu
beyond what I
have, which is
10.10 except
in crappy 2D
mode (or
vintage or
whatever they
call it).<br>
This Acer
laptop <a
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<br>
is capable, I
think, and I'm
wondering if I
could pop my
HD from the
Toshiba into
it and just
run with it.
Or is that a
fantasy? The
price is great
and it gets
good reviews.<br>
<br>
Advice?<br>
<br>
Muchas gracias<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
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