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If you can come up to Minions with your kit I may be able to help! I am here At the Shop 24 7 On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 16:40 +0100, jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Rob Beard writes: > > jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Rob Beard writes: > >>> jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >>>> Jennifer Ockwell writes: > >>>>> My bf has one of those and finds that he needs to use the > alternative disc. > >>>>> Jen > >>>> ...alternative disk? > >>>> > >>> It is an Ubuntu installation disc which uses a text-only > installation > >>> program. It's not as friendly as using the Live CD to install but > it is > >>> a good alternative for certain situations (for instance when the > Live CD > >>> doesn't work). It's about a 700MB ISO image here: > >>> http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.04/ubuntu-9.04-alternate-i386.iso > >>> Hopefully this installation guide should help with installing from > the > >>> alternative CD: > >>> https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/i386/index.html > >>> > >> ...the thing is because I can't access the harddrive I can't > download > >> anything...I've tried... > >> > >>> On the other hand, where abouts do you live Jon, if you're near > to > >>> Torbay then maybe coming along to the LUG meet in Paignton might > be an > >>> option? > >>> Ta, > >>> Rob > >> ...no wheels at the moment and it's a fair jaunt to Pingnton from > here. I > >> bought a 'ready made' CD from a guy on eBay for 99p which should be > turning > >> up any time now. Hopefully this will give me a full working > instillation... > >> JOn. > >> > > Okay fair enough, although if you could give us an idea of where > abouts > > you are there may be someone local to you who may be able to offer > a > > hand. That is one of the advantages of us being spread out :-) > > > > Rob > > > ....I'm in Liskeard. Taat disk turned up today but I'm having the > same > problem, IE going into GRUB at boot...and I don't really understand > what > Grant said about editing some of the files. Yeah maybe with detailed > instructions I might be able to do it though? > Jon. > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved (possibly!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html