<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
<title></title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
I'll check that out and see if I can figure it out<br>
<br>
Thanks Rob<br>
<br>
On 08/27/2012 12:53 AM, Rob Haag wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid:CAC0=j075wP5rVq873nS4Tj5784KJRjtQDkgYCwfz+q56sKK7Eg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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 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:part1.00070505.03050906@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
moz-do-not-send="true"
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
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>
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
moz-do-not-send="true" 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
moz-do-not-send="true" 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
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>
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
moz-do-not-send="true"
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
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" 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
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" 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
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" 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
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org"
target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org"
target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org" target="_blank">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
<pre wrap="">
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
_______________________________________________
nmglug mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org">http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
</body>
</html>