Try looking into the BIOS and see if there is an option for EFI (UEFI) boot mode. If so, turn off UEFI/EFI boot mode and see if that does the trick.<br><br>Rob Haag<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 1:41 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">
Thanks Rob and sorry for such a late response. GParted shows a boot
flag for the disc, see image below. any other ideas anyone?<br>
<br>
Thanks, <br>
<br>
Brian<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<img alt="" src="cid:part1.09050701.09080907@cybermesa.com" width="775" height="500"><div class="im"><br>
On 08/22/2012 11:34 PM, Rob Haag wrote:
</div><div><div class="h5"><blockquote type="cite">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>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Rob Haag<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:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<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>
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<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>
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