I would be up for helping you with it. When had you in mind ? Do you have an external HDD or similar for backup, and the relevant distro that you wish to install on physical media ??
Phil On Fri, 2013-09-13 at 09:08 +0000, Nick Elks wrote: > Hello Guys (and gals?) > > I am (relatively) new to Peterborough, and am having problems with linux > installed on my laptop. Would someone be kind enough to come and help me sort > it out? > > Have been using linux last four or five years and have tried various installs > of Ubuntu and Arch on my Sony Vaio PCG-8Z1M. Up until recently it all worked > fine, but the latest Ubuntu upgrade has left my system unstable. Not entirely > sure if it is the OS or the hardware that is playing up. I have remnants of > various installs on different partitions. Ideally I would like to wipe out > all installs and start again from scratch.I am reasonably happy tinkering > with settings, terminal or command-line, but just feeling a bit out of my > depth with this situation, particularly when it comes to formatting > partitions. I have some valuable data in one partition which I would rather > not lose. > > I understand that you guys meet up once a month, and that might be a good > time to come and get some advice. However, I have missed this months meet and > would like to get this sorted before next meeting. If anyone is willing to > help me out then please do let me know. I live just off Sugar Way in > Peterborough. > > Nick > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
