Re: [ubuntu-uk] LVD (maybe)

2009-05-16 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Neil that answers things nicely. >From what you've said I think the watch phrase has got to be once a drive has >been incorporated into a virtual system by LVM there it should stay. Any need >to transfer data should be by either network or removeable media. This brings me to a further ques

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LVD (maybe)

2009-05-16 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/5/16 Ian Pascoe : > Hi Al > > Ah-ha,  everything becomes clearer with the right acronym!  Thanks. > > However, still not too sure about things having read the documentation. > > Can someone confirm for me please that: > > - the disk / partition's metadata is left intact and correctly formatted

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Go on Linux, was Re: Chess Tournament?

2009-05-16 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/5/15 Michael Rimicans : > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=311251 I haven't looked at the forums, I'll take a look later. > http://www.britgo.org/ This has a useful page of links on all sorts of Go-related topics. Well worth a look. > http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/ I mentioned

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LVD (maybe)

2009-05-16 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Al Ah-ha, everything becomes clearer with the right acronym! Thanks. However, still not too sure about things having read the documentation. Can someone confirm for me please that: - the disk / partition's metadata is left intact and correctly formatted so that a physical drive can be move

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LVD (maybe)

2009-05-16 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 16/05/09 16:13, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Hi Folks > > I think the correct acronym is LVD - it's the tool that can make multiple > HDDs look like a single HDD on a machine. I think you mean LVM. Logical Volume Management. Google/Wikipedia are your friends. Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http

[ubuntu-uk] LVD (maybe)

2009-05-16 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks I think the correct acronym is LVD - it's the tool that can make multiple HDDs look like a single HDD on a machine. Anyhow, a quick question on how it works. If you set up an installation using this tool, can you remove one of the participating drives and use it on another machine with

[ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu using wubi on Vista Home machine.....

2009-05-16 Thread John
I am trying to install Ubuntu 9.04 on a vista machine. I got to the install bit, and it showed that it was installing amd68 not i386. I want to install the i386 as that is what I know. Can somebody give me the url to the i386 installer for wubi? I cant seem to find it. Thank you. John. -- ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non ubuntu related question- Keyboard shortcuts for google reader in Android

2009-05-16 Thread mac
javadayaz wrote: > Again All these shortcuts work on a normal keyboard and not android. Ah yes, sorry -- I see from various blogs and forums that people are bemoaning the absence of keyboard shortcuts for Reader on Android. Looks like you may be unlucky with this for now? mac -- ubuntu-uk@li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband Modem peer-to-peer

2009-05-16 Thread Ian Pascoe
The other alternative to land based ADSL / Broadband is the 3G variety. That being said, remember that if she changes ISPs, she may also have to change Email addresses - not a problem if it's just close knit group that contacts her thusly. Personally, I'd go for the capped Broadband and make sure

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband Modem peer-to-peer

2009-05-16 Thread Andrew Oakley
As another posted noted, you cannot connect ADSL peer-to-peer. It requires [DSLAM | magic pixie dust] at the telephone exchange. David Restall - System Administrator wrote: > My mother has an Ubuntu PC and her broadband contract has just expired. > She uses the web very rarely (sends the odd ema

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband Modem peer-to-peer

2009-05-16 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 16/05/09 10:02, David Restall - System Administrator wrote: > I'm quite happy to do manual updates by taking a DVD over occasionally > but a thought came to mind, rather than use a dialup modem, can I set up > her broadband modem and my broadband modem so that they can talk > directly to each o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non ubuntu related question- Keyboard shortcuts for google reader in Android

2009-05-16 Thread javadayaz
Again All these shortcuts work on a normal keyboard and not android. 2009/5/16 mac > javadayaz wrote: > > I have trawling the net for ages trying to look for some keyboard > shortcuts > > for my G1 but cant seem to find anything. Just wondering if anyone here > > knows of any keyboard shortcut

[ubuntu-uk] Broadband Modem peer-to-peer

2009-05-16 Thread David Restall - System Administrator
Hi, My mother has an Ubuntu PC and her broadband contract has just expired. She uses the web very rarely (sends the odd email may surf occasionally) but doesn't really use broadband to it's full and, to be quite honest, broadband for her is a waste of her money. I'm going to set her up with a goo