[ubuntu-uk] Anyone any ideas on running a distro from an external USB drive?

2006-11-18 Thread Sean Miller
I now have Edgy running on my main drive, but would like to be able to install various different distros on external USB drives but I seem to be coming up against the problem that at the time grub runs the USB drivers have not been loaded so it can't be seen... ...it's obviously fine once that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friday afternoon thread: What *should* be in feisty?

2006-11-18 Thread Anthony Vickers
Toby Smithe wrote: > Forwarded to wrong list! Oops! > > On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 23:22 +, Dean Sas wrote: > >> Toby Smithe wrote: >> >>> Hell! It had a 4 month release, and was called bloody "Edgy"! What else >>> do you need as a prompt? That's the whole point in LTS >>> >>> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-18 Thread Tony Arnold
Andy wrote: > oh and if you think that riping your legally purchased CDs should be > legal then there is a petition: > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/privatecopy/ > I know many do not believe online petitions work, but this is on a > government domain, so maybe it will do some good. I shall be signi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friday afternoon thread: What *should* be in feisty?

2006-11-18 Thread Toby Smithe
Forwarded to wrong list! Oops! On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 23:22 +, Dean Sas wrote: > Toby Smithe wrote: > > Hell! It had a 4 month release, and was called bloody "Edgy"! What else > > do you need as a prompt? That's the whole point in LTS > > > > Toby, > Could you consider being more polite t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-18 Thread Andy
On 18/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Ripping an audio CD Is that a wise thing to do? Isn't it kind of stupid to record yourself committing a crime, especially if your going to say 'Hi I'm Alan Pope' at the beginning. Not sure if you used to watch 'Police Camera Action' but I'm su

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mysql fun on edgy

2006-11-18 Thread Toby Smithe
OK. I understand. However, my advice is to use what works. But come back to Ubuntu in future if you decide to leave! And remember, you can install 32-bit ubuntu on 64-bit hardware. On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 21:51 +, tim matthews wrote: > we had to use edgy since dapper is still very weak in mult-m

[ubuntu-uk] mysql fun on edgy

2006-11-18 Thread tim matthews
we had to use edgy since dapper is still very weak in mult-media codecs on 64 bit. for w32codes, we had to use some packages from Christian Marillat which work very well. thus, using debian "unstable" which proved very stable. however, even on debian sid the mysql works. on the edgy 64 bit it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Customer Testimonials

2006-11-18 Thread alan c
Nicholas Butler wrote: > > I thought I would pass this on to the list, its from a BNI member who > asked me to install Ubuntu for him to go and expereince. He stood up > yesterday and for the second time in as many months he commented that > the work of the free and open source community, windo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friday afternoon thread: What *should* be in feisty?

2006-11-18 Thread Toby Smithe
On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 16:38 +, tim matthews wrote: > yes, how about a mysql-server-5.0 which works on edgy? > > mine crashed on me and I had to get rid of it. > > thus ... I think ubuntu is rushing things far too much here. looking at > edgy, it seems a real disaster in the terms of stabilit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-18 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 02:26:57PM +, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I wonder if some instruction on how to copy files from the PC to a CD or > DVD would be useful. Especially how to set up so that the CD or DVD can > be used on a session by session basis. Also such things as copying > CDs or DVDs

[ubuntu-uk] screencasts

2006-11-18 Thread Norman Silverstone
I wonder if some instruction on how to copy files from the PC to a CD or DVD would be useful. Especially how to set up so that the CD or DVD can be used on a session by session basis. Also such things as copying CDs or DVDs and making backups and restoring. I use K3b for copying etc because I find

[ubuntu-uk] Customer Testimonials

2006-11-18 Thread Nicholas Butler
I thought I would pass this on to the list, its from a BNI member who asked me to install Ubuntu for him to go and expereince. He stood up yesterday and for the second time in as many months he commented that the work of the free and open source community, windows or linux, was "absolutely" wor