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| soundray | Hi `Lucas | 02:20 |
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| `Lucas | Hi! | 02:20 |
| soundray | Shoot | 02:21 |
| `Lucas | soundray, so what can I do? | 02:22 |
| `Lucas | Here is the error that I get: http://rcbsports.com/myspace/165923681285_3300_1.jpg | 02:23 |
| soundray | `Lucas: what I told you. See if you can run memtest86, it's on the boot menu | 02:24 |
| `Lucas | Ohh, ok. | 02:24 |
| `Lucas | I missed that. | 02:24 |
| `Lucas | Its running right now! | 02:25 |
| `Lucas | Does it end, or does it keep on going? | 02:27 |
| soundray | `Lucas: it keeps going. It's best to run it for a few hours at least | 02:34 |
| phewl | Lol | 02:34 |
| `Lucas | Ahh! :( | 02:34 |
| `Lucas | Ohh well. | 02:34 |
| soundray | `Lucas: anless it reports errors, in which case you can stop and replace your RAM ;) | 02:34 |
| `Lucas | Would it mean it has a red background? | 02:35 |
| `Lucas | b/c it ran and it has a red background. | 02:35 |
| soundray | `Lucas: I'm used to it having a blue background, so it could mean something. But it's best if you read what it says! ;) | 02:37 |
| phewl | =] | 02:40 |
| `Lucas | How would I know if it has an error? | 02:40 |
| soundray | `Lucas: it says somewhere on the screen how many errors it has found and what kind. | 02:40 |
| `Lucas | So: http://rcbsports.com/myspace/165926224517_290_1.jpg | 02:43 |
| `Lucas | So the pic above is a bad thing isn't it? | 02:45 |
| soundray | `Lucas: depends on how you frame the experience :) | 02:46 |
| soundray | `Lucas: at least you can be pretty sure that your boot problems are due to faulty RAM | 02:47 |
| `Lucas | So basically my computer is a peice of crap? | 02:47 |
| phewl | no | 02:49 |
| phewl | basically your ram is crap | 02:49 |
| phewl | :) | 02:49 |
| `Lucas | Well, how much does ram normally cost? | 02:51 |
| soundray | `Lucas: RAM doesn't cost much any more. Just make sure you get the right kind, and go for 512MB or more | 02:51 |
| `Lucas | I haven't been hardware shopping for a long time. | 02:51 |
| `Lucas | Alright, cool. | 02:51 |
| soundray | `Lucas: where are you located? | 02:51 |
| `Lucas | West Virginia, in the United States. | 02:51 |
| `Lucas | East Coast | 02:52 |
| soundray | `Lucas: yeah, I know my US geography ;) | 02:52 |
| soundray | `Lucas: don't know any local RAM retailers, though. | 02:52 |
| `Lucas | I am an IT-Tech intern for the Board of Education, but I haven't worked with linux before, except when I had my IRCd shell. | 02:52 |
| `Lucas | Ahh, I know Wal-Mart has a few. | 02:52 |
| soundray | I had a good experience with Mushkin once, don't know if they're still around | 02:53 |
| `Lucas | Basically this is my old work computer from the field house. (I am the head sports mananger for my school) so I got a new computer and thought I would give something new a try. | 02:53 |
| `Lucas | So what is the difference between this and Fedora? | 02:53 |
| `Lucas | I tried Fedora, but it wouldn't install either. | 02:54 |
| soundray | `Lucas: any Linux version will fail on faulty RAM -- in fact any OS will | 02:54 |
| `Lucas | I know that now! | 02:54 |
| `Lucas | :P | 02:54 |
| `Lucas | But I am sorta mad, b/c I don't have windows on there either. | 02:55 |
| `Lucas | So right now, its useless to me! | 02:55 |
| soundray | Fedora doesn't have the slick, well-designed package management, which is enough for me not to try it. | 02:55 |
| `Lucas | lol | 02:55 |
| soundray | I had a predecessor once, RedHat 4.1 | 02:55 |
| soundray | Soon switched to Debian and was much happier. | 02:56 |
| `Lucas | Well, I never heard of any other os besides windows and mac until about three years ago. | 02:56 |
| `Lucas | R u using Debian now? | 02:56 |
| soundray | `Lucas: yes, on my teevee (vdr personal video recorder) | 02:56 |
| `Lucas | Ohh, then how did you get involved with ubuntu? | 02:57 |
| soundray | But all the rest is ubuntu. Have switched all my family as well: Wife, son, mum, dad, brother... | 02:57 |
| `Lucas | Ahh. | 02:57 |
| `Lucas | Is it possible to run ubuntu on a laptop with good performance? | 02:58 |
| soundray | Yes, of course, why not? | 02:58 |
| `Lucas | Well, first I have to order a new disk drive for my laptop, I stepped on my last one and broke the lid. | 02:59 |
| soundray | Oh no! | 02:59 |
| `Lucas | Then I tripped over my wireless usb reciever and broke my second laptop, which only had one usb port. | 02:59 |
| `Lucas | so now I am laptopless. | 02:59 |
| `Lucas | What I normally do is take old computers and make then like new. | 03:00 |
| `Lucas | Add all new hardware, software, etc. | 03:00 |
| soundray | Sounds like you should re-think your office organization in terms of spatial arrangements | 03:00 |
| `Lucas | Ohh, that wasn't at the office, thats me on my free time at home. | 03:01 |
| soundray | You'll love ubuntu, because you rarely have to go beyond what's in the official software repositories | 03:01 |
| `Lucas | But I never had any troubles in the past booting stuff up. | 03:01 |
| soundray | My guess is you won't, once you've got good RAM | 03:01 |
| `Lucas | Well, I am new to linux, which I was sorta rethinking about it, but I am going to take a chance and go for it. | 03:02 |
| soundray | Just try a Desktop CD on your work machine. It's a bit slow to launch things from CD, but it gives you an impression without having to touch existing Windows or other installations | 03:03 |
| `Lucas | Yeah, this computer that I remixed (thats the term I use for fixing computers) isn't bad except that. I ran out of time to go and get ram, but it has everything except a new Processor, which I normally don't touch. | 03:03 |
| `Lucas | Yeah, thats the only thing I am scared about. So if I do that on the computer now, it wont mess anything up? | 03:03 |
| soundray | No, the Desktop CD is a full-blown system that runs without modifying anything. | 03:04 |
| `Lucas | Now does it install anything? | 03:04 |
| soundray | Ubuntu in general is very good about telling you when you're about to make a permanent change. | 03:04 |
| soundray | Only when you double-click the installer icon and go through the setup. | 03:05 |
| `Lucas | So how does the live cd go? I put it in boot it up and then what? | 03:05 |
| soundray | It shows a desktop with icons, panels, task lists -- not too far from what you're used to in Windows. | 03:06 |
| `Lucas | So then if I wanted to make it perment, how would I do that. | 03:07 |
| soundray | `Lucas: actually the one that you have won't -- it's an Alternate install CD | 03:07 |
| soundray | !alternate | 03:07 |
| ubotu | The Alternate CD (available as of Dapper) is the classical text-mode installation CD. Use it if you wish to upgrade via CD, or for an "expert" mode install. For normal installs, use the Desktop CD, which is also a "Live" CD. | 03:07 |
| `Lucas | I have both of them. | 03:07 |
| soundray | `Lucas: you'd run the installer | 03:07 |
| `Lucas | Alright, I am going to give it a try! | 03:07 |
| soundray | It will guide you through the setup, including partitioning | 03:07 |
| `Lucas | BBS, I hope! | 03:08 |
| soundray | just one more pointer: | 03:08 |
| soundray | !faq | 03:08 |
| ubotu | faq is http://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions Official documentation is at http://help.ubuntu.com IRC FAQ: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRCResourcePage | 03:08 |
| soundray | -- excellent places to start if you have trouble | 03:08 |
| `Lucas | Ahh, cool, thanks. | 03:08 |
| `Lucas | I shall give this a try. | 03:09 |
| `Lucas | See you soon! | 03:09 |
| soundray | I'm off -- hope to see you around. | 03:09 |
| soundray | Good luck | 03:09 |
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