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Linux newbie here…Why won’t my LiveCD recognize both of my hard drives?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

My WinXP hard drive recently crashed. I can still access it using my LinspireLive CD, but my slave drive doesn’t show up. My flash drive shows up as a dos disk, and my corrupted drive shows up as winxp, but my slave drive doesn’t show up at all. (I assume it would show up as a dos disk because there is no OS on it.) I tried booting up under Linspire Live without the flash drive plugged in, but the slave drive still did not show up. I would like to be able to move my important files from the corrupted drive to the slave drive. How can I get Linux to recognize my slave drive so that I can do this? (I’m relatively new to Linux so be gentle…LOL)

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How to get Linux Ubuntu Dapper Drake to connect to the net!?!?

Posted on February 26, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

I am a newbie, I have installed Linux Ubuntu from live cd. I use a Landline based DSL server that requires a cd to set up. I have a router and set up my computers.

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Can I use a linux mint 8 live cd after i just finished building my pc?

Posted on July 30, 2010 by admin| Leave a comment

ok so i just finished building my first pc and it worked on my first try only problem is tht i dont have an operating system yet and i dont really feel like spending $200 for windows 7 right now dont really have the cash for it yet.. my question, is it possible that i can use linux mint 8 livecd without installing it to my hard drive i just wanna try out linux mint8 until i get windows 7 and if i like linux mint 8 i might just dual boot it can someone please give an answer?? am i gonna have any issues since my computer has no operating system or tht i just barely finished building it?? thanks in advance also im a linux newbie!! and pc builder newbie!! if tht helps i just barely started getting into this kinda stuff

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Linux Mint 6.0 vs Linux openSUSE 11.1?

Posted on July 11, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

I’m a linux newbie and i can’t decide which of these distributions is best for me. I’m considering mint since it has flash video enabled on it by default but i’m also considering SUSE since i hear it’s easier to use and has more drivers readily available for usb devices.

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I ran suse for a day with the live cd (the KDE) and i REALLY liked it. i just had trouble installing anything on it—the flash video plugin (like i said, i’m a newbie) so i went to mint (gnome) and though it doesn’t have much eye-candy, it has the flash plug ins and it has very convenient GUI tools for installing programs (such as the package manager and the software manager). however i ran into issues when trying to install some of my usb devices since i really don’t know my way around the linux terminal. which distribution do you guys recommend/prefer?

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complete newbe wants to install linux on acer 5720 pc?

Posted on July 9, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

I’m a newbie and never used linux 8.10 ubuntu on an acer 5720z, i have a live cd of ubuntu but have read in a few places that my wireless will not work with ubuntu, you have to install backport modules??? not sure what that means but i need help real bad.
i have tried to boot from live cd and once ubuntu is running it doesn’t show a wireless connection. Tho when im in vista the wireless is visible. I read somewhere that you have to install or enable backport module or something of the sort. I have not a clue of what they are talking about or even how to do that??? can someone please help me???
My wireless is still not working on my acer 5720z. Did a search on how to fix wireless on my 5720 in ubuntu, no results. can someone help, i have the lsicp from terminal of ubuntu email me at hotyamaha@gmail.com fof that info.

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