Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-18 Thread Edik Landaveri
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 08:52:55PM -0500, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > On 12/17/2012 06:43 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > >On 12/17/2012 03:13 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > >>On 12/17/2012 05:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > >>>On 12/17/2012 02:40 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > Indeed!?I only JUS

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-18 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/18/2012 03:21 AM, Tim wrote: On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 16:28 -0600, Steven Stern wrote: Hey, you kids... Get off my lawn. Yes, we had Google back then. See: http://www.masswerk.at/google60/ I've still got a few paper cards floating around. I don't have the punch cards, though, but the ty

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-18 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/18/2012 03:14 AM, Tim wrote: On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 17:11 -0500, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: that means this technology you speak of is OLDER than I am!...LoL! Every now and then, while I'm doing something work related (I work in video production), I like to point out to them how some of

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-18 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 16:28 -0600, Steven Stern wrote: > Hey, you kids... Get off my lawn. > > Yes, we had Google back then. See: http://www.masswerk.at/google60/ I've still got a few paper cards floating around. I don't have the punch cards, though, but the type where you colour in the bubble

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-18 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 17:11 -0500, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > that means this technology you speak of is OLDER than I am!...LoL! Every now and then, while I'm doing something work related (I work in video production), I like to point out to them how some of the equipment I'm using on the job i

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-17 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/17/2012 06:43 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/17/2012 03:13 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: On 12/17/2012 05:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/17/2012 02:40 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: Indeed!?I only JUST recently got my 67 year old Mum to install and USE Fuduntu Linux on her old Dell Ins

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-17 Thread Phil Dobbin
On 12/17/2012 11:02 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > On 12/17/2012 05:28 PM, Steven Stern wrote: >> On 12/17/2012 04:11 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >>> On 12/16/2012 10:30 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/16/2012 07:12 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > OMG!...incredible! > W

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-17 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/17/2012 03:13 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: On 12/17/2012 05:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/17/2012 02:40 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: Indeed!?I only JUST recently got my 67 year old Mum to install and USE Fuduntu Linux on her old Dell Inspirion... If I weren't so interested in

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-17 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/17/2012 05:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/17/2012 02:40 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: Indeed!?I only JUST recently got my 67 year old Mum to install and USE Fuduntu Linux on her old Dell Inspirion... If I weren't so interested in personal survival, I'd forward this to my older sist

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-17 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/17/2012 05:28 PM, Steven Stern wrote: On 12/17/2012 04:11 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: On 12/16/2012 10:30 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/16/2012 07:12 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: OMG!...incredible! Why? Granted, it was back in 1968, but the computer I was working on (IBM 1620

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-17 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/17/2012 02:40 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: Indeed!?I only JUST recently got my 67 year old Mum to install and USE Fuduntu Linux on her old Dell Inspirion... If I weren't so interested in personal survival, I'd forward this to my older sister. Guess how old she is... -- users ma

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-17 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/17/2012 03:38 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote: On 12/17/2012 03:30 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/16/2012 07:12 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: OMG!...incredible! Why? Granted, it was back in 1968, but the computer I was working on (IBM 1620, MOD 2) was already outdated, and nearly obsolete. M

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-17 Thread Steven Stern
On 12/17/2012 04:11 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > On 12/16/2012 10:30 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 12/16/2012 07:12 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >>> OMG!...incredible! >>> >> >> Why? Granted, it was back in 1968, but the computer I was working on >> (IBM 1620, MOD 2) was already outdated

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-17 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/16/2012 10:30 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/16/2012 07:12 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: OMG!...incredible! Why? Granted, it was back in 1968, but the computer I was working on (IBM 1620, MOD 2) was already outdated, and nearly obsolete. Sorry! I'm just amazed!because I was born

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-17 Thread Phil Dobbin
On 12/17/2012 03:30 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 12/16/2012 07:12 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >> OMG!...incredible! >> > > Why? Granted, it was back in 1968, but the computer I was working on > (IBM 1620, MOD 2) was already outdated, and nearly obsolete. My brother (he's eleven years older

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-16 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/16/2012 07:12 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: OMG!...incredible! Why? Granted, it was back in 1968, but the computer I was working on (IBM 1620, MOD 2) was already outdated, and nearly obsolete. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscrip

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-16 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/16/2012 08:29 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/16/2012 05:15 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: Age is irrelevant when quantifying competence or skill nor should it be (you'd feel peeved I should imagine if somebody referred to you similarly because you first installed Linux from a floppy). I'm not saying

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-16 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/16/2012 05:15 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: Age is irrelevant when quantifying competence or skill nor should it be (you'd feel peeved I should imagine if somebody referred to you similarly because you first installed Linux from a floppy). I'm not saying that he's wrong or not competent and, in

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-16 Thread Phil Dobbin
On 12/16/2012 10:34 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 12/16/2012 02:10 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> http://ohjeezlinux.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/fedup-a-little-background/ >> (this link is referenced on the Fedup Wiki page). > > Thanx. Alas, the first paragraph contains a gross error that tells me >

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-16 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 17.12.2012 02:04, schrieb Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.: > I'm not sure if there's a SIMPLE problembut I remember using preUpgrade > to go from F16 to F17 and there seemed > to be an issue with it after the upgrade was complete. I would try to login > after restarting and I got an error > messag

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-16 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/16/2012 04:59 PM, Fedora User wrote: What problem in preupgrade does it seek to solve and how does it solve it? I have read the documentation and that question doesn't seem to be answered. I'm not sure if there's a SIMPLE problembut I remember using preUpgrade to go from F16 to F17 a

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-16 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 02:34:19PM -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 12/16/2012 02:10 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >http://ohjeezlinux.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/fedup-a-little-background/ > >(this link is referenced on the Fedup Wiki page). > Thanx. Alas, the first paragraph contains a gross error th

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-16 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/16/2012 02:10 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: http://ohjeezlinux.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/fedup-a-little-background/ (this link is referenced on the Fedup Wiki page). Thanx. Alas, the first paragraph contains a gross error that tells me just how young the author is: in the beginning, you

Re: Simple Question Re: FedUp

2012-12-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2012-12-16 at 16:59 -0500, Fedora User wrote: > What problem in preupgrade does it seek to solve and how does it solve > it? > > I have read the documentation and that question doesn't seem to be > answered. > http://ohjeezlinux.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/fedup-a-little-background/ (this l

Re: Simple Question

2011-04-13 Thread Bill Davidsen
Stephen P Molnar wrote: > Two more questions: > > 1. How is the MBR affected/changed? I ask because I want to do this first > on the laptop that I use for consulting and I wouldn't want to mess it up. > 2. Is the Fedora HD portable, that is can I run Eudora on another computer? > You get a choic

RE: Simple Question

2011-04-12 Thread Stephen P Molnar
-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of fred smith Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 2:08 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Simple Question On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 04:33:25PM +0200, Antonio M wrote: > 2011/4/12 Stephen P Mol

Re: Simple Question

2011-04-12 Thread fred smith
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 04:33:25PM +0200, Antonio M wrote: > 2011/4/12 Stephen P Molnar : > > Two more questions: > > > > 1.  How is the MBR affected/changed?  I ask because I want to do this first > > on the laptop that I use for consulting and I wouldn't want to mess it up. > > 2.  Is the Fedora

RE: Simple Question [Solved]

2011-04-12 Thread Stephen P Molnar
...@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Antonio M Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:44 AM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Simple Question [Solved] 2011/4/12 Stephen P Molnar : > Many thanks. > > -Original Message- > From

Re: Simple Question

2011-04-12 Thread JD
un Eudora on another computer? > > Thanks in advance. > > -Original Message- > From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org > [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Antonio M > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:45 AM > To: Community support for Fedora u

Re: Simple Question [Solved]

2011-04-12 Thread Antonio M
2011/4/12 Stephen P Molnar : > Many thanks. > > -Original Message- > From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org > [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Antonio M > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:33 AM > To: Community support for Fedora users

RE: Simple Question [Solved]

2011-04-12 Thread Stephen P Molnar
Many thanks. -Original Message- From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Antonio M Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:33 AM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Simple Question 2011/4/12 Stephen P Molnar : >

Re: Simple Question

2011-04-12 Thread Antonio M
2011/4/12 Stephen P Molnar : > Two more questions: > > 1.  How is the MBR affected/changed?  I ask because I want to do this first > on the laptop that I use for consulting and I wouldn't want to mess it up. > 2.  Is the Fedora HD portable, that is can I run Eudora on another computer? > > Thanks i

RE: Simple Question

2011-04-12 Thread Stephen P Molnar
ssage- From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Antonio M Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:45 AM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Simple Question 2011/4/12 Stephen P Molnar : > Is it possible to install Fedora o

Re: Simple Question

2011-04-12 Thread JD
On 04/12/2011 06:43 AM, Stephen P Molnar wrote: > > Is it possible to install Fedora on an USB External Hard Drive? > Of course it is possible. Just be sure to select that drive from the anaconda menu. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opti

RE: Simple Question [Solved]

2011-04-12 Thread Stephen P Molnar
: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Antonio M Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:45 AM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Simple Question 2011/4/12 Stephen P Molnar : > Is it possible to install Fedora on an USB External H

Re: Simple Question

2011-04-12 Thread Antonio M
2011/4/12 Stephen P Molnar : > Is it possible to install Fedora on an USB External Hard Drive? > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject