Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread Neil Greenwood
Since 8.04 I think, if you choose not to format and install over your previous partition, the /home directory will be left intact. Neil. P.S. Sorry for the top-post and brevity, this is typed on my phone. On May 1, 2012 10:20 AM, "paul sutton" wrote: > On 01/05/12 02:20, Roy Jamison wrote: > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread paul sutton
On 01/05/12 11:47, Anton Kanishchev wrote: > Can you describe the problem in more detail- does the wireless simply > refuse to work just after install or do the drivers fail to install? > Have you tried plugging it in using a wired connection to see whether > that works? also have you tried install

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread Anton Kanishchev
Have found a website for linux wireless drivers if that helps- http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download On 1 May 2012 11:46, Colin Law wrote: > On 1 May 2012 11:37, paul sutton wrote: > > On 01/05/12 11:09, Anton Kanishchev wrote: > >> Have you ever run windows on the netbook/ do you have acc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread Anton Kanishchev
Can you describe the problem in more detail- does the wireless simply refuse to work just after install or do the drivers fail to install? Have you tried plugging it in using a wired connection to see whether that works? also have you tried installing drivers (super key, type in "additional drivers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread Colin Law
On 1 May 2012 11:37, paul sutton wrote: > On 01/05/12 11:09, Anton Kanishchev wrote: >> Have you ever run windows on the netbook/ do you have access to the >> manufacturers website with drivers? This might be worth a shot if you >> can find some drivers: >> http://techtips.salon.com/convert-window

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread paul sutton
On 01/05/12 11:09, Anton Kanishchev wrote: > Have you ever run windows on the netbook/ do you have access to the > manufacturers website with drivers? This might be worth a shot if you > can find some drivers: > http://techtips.salon.com/convert-windows-drivers-linux-11847.html > > Please note i am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread Anton Kanishchev
Have you ever run windows on the netbook/ do you have access to the manufacturers website with drivers? This might be worth a shot if you can find some drivers: http://techtips.salon.com/convert-windows-drivers-linux-11847.html Please note i am still learning ways around Linux so you probably know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread paul sutton
On 01/05/12 08:08, Colin Law wrote: > On 1 May 2012 00:13, Alan Pope wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 30/04/12 11:20, paul sutton wrote: >>> on the partition page i choose set up and tried to partition as >>> follows >>> >>> / 50mb >> That's not big enough. > I t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread paul sutton
On 01/05/12 10:51, Anton Kanishchev wrote: > Which wireless card do you have? > I tried 12.04(lts, x86 version) on 3 computers so far ( 1 from > 2005-2006) and everything worked without > any unnecessary configurations. are you using a cd to install 12.04 > from? I know the image is 701mb which te

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread Anton Kanishchev
Which wireless card do you have? I tried 12.04(lts, x86 version) on 3 computers so far ( 1 from 2005-2006) and everything worked without any unnecessary configurations. are you using a cd to install 12.04 from? I know the image is 701mb which technically doesnt fit on a cd but imgburn seemed happy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread paul sutton
On 01/05/12 02:20, Roy Jamison wrote: > > I think what we're trying to say is maybe it's time to upgrade ;) > > On May 1, 2012 12:13 AM, "Alan Pope" mailto:alan.p...@canonical.com>> wrote: > > On 30/04/12 11:20, paul sutton wrote: > > on the partition page i choose set up and tried to partition as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread Colin Law
On 1 May 2012 00:13, Alan Pope wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 30/04/12 11:20, paul sutton wrote: >> on the partition page i choose set up and tried to partition as >> follows >> >> / 50mb > > That's not big enough. I think the guy probably meant GB (GigaBytes) not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-04-30 Thread Roy Jamison
I think what we're trying to say is maybe it's time to upgrade ;) On May 1, 2012 12:13 AM, "Alan Pope" wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 30/04/12 11:20, paul sutton wrote: > > on the partition page i choose set up and tried to partition as > > follows > > > > / 50mb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-04-30 Thread Alan Pope
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/04/12 11:20, paul sutton wrote: > on the partition page i choose set up and tried to partition as > follows > > / 50mb That's not big enough. > /home 100mb Neither is that. Also, why have a separate home? > swap 10mb > Nor is that big enou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-04-30 Thread Roy Jamison
Will the root fs even fit in 50MB?? On Apr 30, 2012 7:21 PM, "paul sutton" wrote: > Hi > > Just done a clean install of 12.04 on a dell 10v netbook > > on the partition page i choose set up and tried to partition as follows > > / 50mb > /home 100mb > swap 10mb > > I could create / fine, creating

[ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-04-30 Thread paul sutton
Hi Just done a clean install of 12.04 on a dell 10v netbook on the partition page i choose set up and tried to partition as follows / 50mb /home 100mb swap 10mb I could create / fine, creating /home however took up the rest of the hard disk (110 mb despite me making it clear i wanted it 100mb)