[wellylug] Plea for help

[Peter Jones]

At risk of being a naysayer - laptop installs *can* be more tricky than
plain ol desktops.

You *may* have to fiddle a bit, especially with the modem.
The rest of the machine spec looks good.

Are you planning on a dedicated linux machine or does it have to co-exist
with the MS Windows?

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised once Mandrake is installed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ricardo Gomez Yepes [mailto:ricardogomeznz at yahoo.co.nz]
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:05
> To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
> Subject: RE: [wellylug] Plea for help
> 
> 
> Hi Jonathan
> 
> Thanks a lot for your cooperation and useful advise. Yes, I'd 
> like you to
> burn the CDs for me. Just tell me where I can pick them up from.
> also find attached specifications of my system hardware. By 
> the way, what is
> it like to use Linux?
> 
> Cheers, Ricardo
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jonathan Harker <jharker at massey.ac.nz>
> To: <wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Plea for help
> 
> 
> > On Wednesday, 16 April 2003 00:44, Ricardo Gomez Yepes wrote:
> > > hi Guys
> > >
> > > I have never worked with Linux but I want to give it a 
> try...I don't
> > > have any idea how to get started... I'd like to get in 
> contact with
> > > someone who can  give me a hand (for example, help me configure my
> > > computer, install software, etc).
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Ricardo
> >
> > 1.
> > Grab yourself the 3 Mandrake 9.1 install CDs from some 
> friendly person
> > on this list. I'll burn them for you if you like, standard 
> charge is 6
> > replacement blank CDs or a $10 donation (cash or beer is fine!)
> >
> > 2.
> > Tell us what your system hardware looks like. Specifically: 
> processor
> > type and speed, amount of memory, hard disk size(s), 
> soundcard make and
> > model, graphics card, modem, peripherals and gizmos you want to be
> > supported (scanner, printer, webcam, electric toothbrush, etc)
> >
> > 3.
> > If you have a fairly average common garden PC, you can just put the
> > Mandrake CD in the drive and reboot (you nay need to adjust 
> your BIOS
> > so it can boot from the CD). Just follow the instructions 
> on screen -
> > choose your language, country, keyboard and mouse, then 
> grab a cup of
> > tea while it installs itself.
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> > Jonathan
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Harker
> > MUSAC
> > Massey University
> > http://www.massey.ac.nz/
> >
> > Expect the worst, it's the least you can do.
> >
> >
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