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Is my laptop Linux resistant?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

I have a Toshiba A215-S7422 and I’m having trouble with linux. I tried to use BackTrack2 a few months ago. When I tried to boot from the live CD, i was able to log in, but when i used starx (i think thats what it was) i started to try to boot, and then it got stuck in a some sort of loop. Today Idecided to try to play aroung with Ubuntu, and when I select the start/install option, it just sits there. My guess is that it is stuck in a loop again, but since it doesnt show the progress like the BackTrack does, im not sure. The CD drive seems to be making the same noise over and over. For both of them I let them sit there for a long time (20 min) It isnt the CDs because they both worked in my desktop, and a friends Dell laptop. Any ideas?

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I have a Dell Poweredge 2550 server with 5 hard drives, only one of which I have not had trouble with.?

Posted on April 25, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

I want to know which distro of Linux I should load on it. I have tried openSUSE live CD, Ubuntu 7.10 live CD, Fedora Core live cd, and the Ubuntu 6.04 Dapper Drake LTS live CD which is the only one that worked. The ubuntu server 7.10 froze at 21 percent twice with 2 different downloads and cd’s, and so did the Ubuntu 7.10 alternate. I am currently trying the opensuse non live cd. I just want to use it as a file server and to browse the web and stuff like that. It has 2 933mhz prosessors, and 1 gb of memory. Thanks in advance!

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How do I set up a wireless connection with Linux Mint 7?

Posted on July 24, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

I am completely new to Linux and recently created a Live-CD for Mint 7. I am having trouble getting it to even recognize my wireless signal. I know the computer itself can pick up on the signal as Windows still picks it up. I’ve tried going through and putting the info in as a ‘hidden’ wireless signal, but it still won’t let me connect. I spent several hours last night googling to see if I could find the answer that way, but I every site I tried did not offer the results I was looking for. Below are screenshots I’ve taken of exactly what I’m seeing to help anyone willing to help me know exactly what my problem is.

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Any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

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Accessing Vista Files – No Access to Any Accounts.?

Posted on July 23, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

A while back, I dropped my laptop from a pretty high distance and it pretty much killed most of the hardware. The hard drive however, somehow survived. Now, I would like to get my data off of my old hard drive, but I am having a bit of trouble…

My old laptop had a fingerprint scanner that I used 99.999% of the time, it became so convenient that I forgot the password to my Vista login. Because of that, there is no way for me to login or find any of my files.

Yes, I have tried the basics, OPHCrack couldn’t get my password, Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista Change Password / Registry Editor / Boot CD didn’t seem to do anything for me, it would tell me that it changed the password or deleted it yet when I restarted, nothing was changed.

Now I am out of ideas…think you can help?

—-Things That May Help You Help Me—-

1. The default “Administrator” account has no password set, I just don’t know how to login to this.
2. I don’t technically need access to Vista, if there is a way for me to grab my files using a live disk of Vista, I will do that, but I know next to nothing about Linux.

Help me out? Thanks.
Edit. I should have mentioned. I am using my hard drive by removing a hard drive from a friends and plugging mine in.

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what is wrong with my live cd of linux mint?

Posted on July 11, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

having some trouble with my live cd of linux mint.
i downloaded the iso image recently, burned it, and for the first few days i used it, it worked fine, albeit with some strange “logical block” messages during booting. but overall it was smooth once up and running.

so this afternoon, i popped my linux mint live cd back in again…and during boot i noticed the cd stopped whirring and whizzing (uncharacteristic, as it usually makes noise) and i saw some even stranger, new error messages like “SQUASHFS error; failed to read cache”
and instead of loading to the desktop, it brought me to an unresponsive gnome desktop login page for mint, where i had to enter a username. and guess what, the mouse didn’t even work anymore.
obvi its some sort glitch that occured in the boot process, anyone know what?

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