getting high speed access when too far from the CO

2000-08-11 Thread Brent Harding
How can I get wireless high speed access that works anywhere, that I can hook a laptop up to and use like a modem, but faster? Is there something the same for a regular machine, usable dedicated style like DSL? I might happen to be too far from the central o

getting high speed access when too far from the CO

2000-08-11 Thread Brent Harding
How can I get wireless high speed access that works anywhere, that I can hook a laptop up to and use like a modem, but faster? Is there something the same for a regular machine, usable dedicated style like DSL? I might happen to be too far from the central

problem installing debian 2.2 potato on a dell inspiron 3500

2000-07-09 Thread brent harding
I got as far as downloading the files I need to install debian 2.2 potato on my laptop. It boots up fine, I get to the installer, but now, there's a dilemma with partitions. /dev/hda1 appears to have a little over 1 gig, /dev/hda2 appears to have 4.something gigs, and I thought I had an 8

problem installing debian 2.2 potato on a dell inspiron 3500

2000-07-09 Thread brent harding
I got as far as downloading the files I need to install debian 2.2 potato on my laptop. It boots up fine, I get to the installer, but now, there's a dilemma with partitions. /dev/hda1 appears to have a little over 1 gig, /dev/hda2 appears to have 4.something gigs, and I thought I had an 8

using cron to power up and down the machine with a dell inspiron 3500

2000-06-30 Thread brent harding
How do I make my dell inspiron 3500 start up to run certain tasks and then shut down again? I don't know that leaving laptops on all the time even if using AC power is a good idea, as it does get noticably warm after long use. I use a special speech patch called speakup that makes

using cron to power up and down the machine with a dell inspiron 3500

2000-06-30 Thread brent harding
How do I make my dell inspiron 3500 start up to run certain tasks and then shut down again? I don't know that leaving laptops on all the time even if using AC power is a good idea, as it does get noticably warm after long use. I use a special speech patch called speakup that makes

putting debian on a dell inspiron 3500

2000-06-28 Thread brent harding
How can I install debian on my dell inspiron 3500? First of all, it has one large fat-32 partition for win-98 that covers the whole drive. I don't have anything too usefull to back up with, to format and repartition it. I don't know whether or not it uses other partitions for swap

putting debian on a dell inspiron 3500

2000-06-28 Thread brent harding
How can I install debian on my dell inspiron 3500? First of all, it has one large fat-32 partition for win-98 that covers the whole drive. I don't have anything too usefull to back up with, to format and repartition it. I don't know whether or not it uses other partitions for swap