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Nicholas Thomas wrote: > So, it's not exactly a Devonshire city, but I have a minor Devon-related > quandry on my hands. Keeping it simple, my extremely non-technical sister > moved to Exeter fairly recently, taking her Ubuntu-ified PC which her... and > the hard drive appears to have popped its clogs (a half-hour phone call > revealed - at long last - that the PC is attempting to network boot). Being > 300 miles away means I can't really do much about that, and performing a drive > swap + OS reinstall is well beyond my sister's capabilities. > > So I'm wondering if there's any Exeter-based facilities (and I use that term > very broadly ;) ) that might help to sort the situation out - confirm the > diagnosis, then swap components and perform a reinstall as necessary. Adding > an 802.11g PCI card at the same time would also be muchos helpful. I have > spare drives here that I could post down, they're just no good without a > linuxy person such as myself :D. > > A reinstall would be pretty simple to do - it's all very standard hardware > with the exception of a 3G wireless internet USB device, which has very good > linux drivers and a frontend which just happens to depend on specific Python > versions. nVidia graphics card if I recall correctly. > > Failing that, an analogue to York's Comprec (www.comprec.org.uk) where she > could just grab a 'new' (haha) PC with linux preinstalled, and possibly get > rid of the old one, would be a godsend. > > The other alternative is me buying her a PC off eBay (gak) or similar with > windows preinstalled and getting it shipped to her - I don't really want to do > that if possible. Speed is a concern as she uses the PC for working on > t'internet (moderator for Cartoon Network) so needs to be up and running again > pretty fast. Oh, and Flash has to work perfectly :D. > > She's working on a budget of around £50, and unlimited eternal gratitude, so > please feel free to hit me with suggestions :) > > /Nick > Hi Nick, I've sent you an e-mail off list with my number. I'd be happy to help out. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html