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>
<br></div><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 href="mailto:rhaag71@gmail.com" target="_blank">rhaag71@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div><br></div></font></span><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Rob Haag</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 1:15 AM, BrianO'Keefe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
<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 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 href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.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">
<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 href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.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">
<div 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 href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.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">
<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 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 href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.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">
<div 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 href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215371&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL081612&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL081612-_-EMC-081612-Index-_-LaptopsNotebooks-_-34215371-L0A" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215371&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL081612&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL081612-_-EMC-081612-Index-_-LaptopsNotebooks-_-34215371-L0A</a><br>
<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>
</div>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
nmglug mailing
list<br>
<a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<pre><fieldset></fieldset>
_______________________________________________
nmglug mailing list
<a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a>
<a href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
nmglug mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<pre><fieldset></fieldset>
_______________________________________________
nmglug mailing list
<a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a>
<a href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
nmglug mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
<pre><fieldset></fieldset>
_______________________________________________
nmglug mailing list
<a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a>
<a href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
nmglug mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
nmglug mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<pre><fieldset></fieldset>
_______________________________________________
nmglug mailing list
<a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a>
<a href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
</div></div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
nmglug mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
nmglug mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>