Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-13 Thread Traveller
detected my wireless network, I was given the option to install the proprietary driver, which you really need anyway if you want decent graphics performance. If this option is not offered during install, the driver can be added later from System > Administration > Hardware Drivers. HTH

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-13 Thread Traveller
ly! Made me very happy! Now if I can just get the sound to work the way I want it to... Traveller -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disk Rescue!

2010-08-30 Thread Traveller
On 30/08/2010 12:24, da...@boavon.plus.com wrote: > Many thanks for the various pieces of advice. > > Have just finished booting up an old WIN98 setup CD, using the F8 key > managed to get to a shell prompt where it had loaded a few utils into a > RAMDISK. FDISK /STATUS showed some partitions. De

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disk Rescue!

2010-08-29 Thread Traveller
On 29/08/2010 12:20, da...@boavon.plus.com wrote: > I have spent best part of today trying to rescue my 20GB hard disk from my > beloved Toshiba Portege running Ubuntu 10.4 and XP on a partition that is > hardly used. > > Last updates must have screwed my MBR (I'm guessing but may be wrong about >