Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around with
Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any reason it
shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to start
off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.

thanks

steve

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:15:34 -0500, Steve Barker DLT wrote:

> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around
> with Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any
> reason it shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't
> want to start off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be
> finiky.

You may have a problem with wireless networking. That DVD is a 'live'
system that will not interfere in any way with your present set-up. You
have nothing to lose by booting up from it (you may need to change the
boot order in the BIOS) and running ubuntu from the DVD. That will answer
all your hardware compatibility issues: it'll work (slowly) or it won't!
Many people find that the ubuntu-derived linuxMint www.linuxmint.org
'just works' with a wider range of hardware (and has a more windows-like
look and feel) so that's something else to try if vanilla ubuntu doesn't
float your boat.

Steve Barker DLT wrote:
> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around with
> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any reason it
> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to start
> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.

Which Toshiba laptop is it?
I have Kubuntu 8.04 running on a Tecra M9 here, goes just fine, including
wireless.

The dvd should be live, so you can boot off it and see if things work ok.

The Ubuntu forums are also good for help if you need any.
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/

HTH

Peter


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Steve Barker DLT schreef:
> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around with
> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any reason it
> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to start
> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.
>
> thanks
>
> steve
>
>
I used to have two satellites and now a Tecra S5, all work without issues.

On 2008-07-27, Steve Barker DLT wrote:
> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around with
> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any reason it
> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to start
> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.

It may work or it may not. I would suggest that if you want to keep a
Windows install, and you have $50 to burn, you buy a separate hard
drive and put ubuntu there, without jeopardizing Windows.

Most likely it will work.
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On 2008-07-27, Ignoramus24313 hit the keyboard and wrote:
> On 2008-07-27, Steve Barker DLT wrote:
>> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around with
>> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any reason it
>> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to start
>> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.
>
> It may work or it may not. I would suggest that if you want to keep a
> Windows install, and you have $50 to burn, you buy a separate hard
> drive and put ubuntu there, without jeopardizing Windows.

A second HDD on a Laptop? Now this is going to be some fun.
Unless you meant using a USB-HHD. In any case what's wrong
with sticking the DVD in the Laptop and run the OS in RAM to
see if its working.

>
> Most likely it will work.



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On 2008-07-27, Patrick Phillips hit the keyboard and wrote:
> Steve Barker DLT wrote:
>
>> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play
>> around with
>> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any
>> reason it
>> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to
>> start
>> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> steve
>
> Just d/l Mandriva Live-One CD [2008.1 Spring is latest] and find out

He can do the same with any *Ubuntu versions as well and try them.

I personally came to like *.deb* based distribution a lot more then
*.rpm* based, used to have "Mandrake" as well, but liked Debian
proper more.



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On 2008-07-27, Dragomir Kollaric wrote:
> On 2008-07-27, Ignoramus24313 hit the keyboard and wrote:
>> On 2008-07-27, Steve Barker DLT wrote:
>>> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around with
>>> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any reason it
>>> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to start
>>> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.
>>
>> It may work or it may not. I would suggest that if you want to keep a
>> Windows install, and you have $50 to burn, you buy a separate hard
>> drive and put ubuntu there, without jeopardizing Windows.
>
> A second HDD on a Laptop? Now this is going to be some fun.
> Unless you meant using a USB-HHD. In any case what's wrong
> with sticking the DVD in the Laptop and run the OS in RAM to
> see if its working.

I mean, as in take the Windows hard drive out, put the new hard
drive in and install linux on the new one.

>>
>> Most likely it will work.
>
>
>
> Dragomir Kollaric

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Steve Barker DLT wrote:
> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around with
> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any reason it
> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to start
> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.
>

Any good DOS user should have no problem with Linux... :P

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Ignoramus24313 schreef:
> On 2008-07-27, Dragomir Kollaric wrote:
>> On 2008-07-27, Ignoramus24313 hit the keyboard and wrote:
>>> On 2008-07-27, Steve Barker DLT wrote:
>>>> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around with
>>>> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any reason it
>>>> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to start
>>>> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.
>>> It may work or it may not. I would suggest that if you want to keep a
>>> Windows install, and you have $50 to burn, you buy a separate hard
>>> drive and put ubuntu there, without jeopardizing Windows.
>> A second HDD on a Laptop? Now this is going to be some fun.
>> Unless you meant using a USB-HHD. In any case what's wrong
>> with sticking the DVD in the Laptop and run the OS in RAM to
>> see if its working.
>
> I mean, as in take the Windows hard drive out, put the new hard
> drive in and install linux on the new one.
>

In a (old) laptop? That's not zo easy. Talking about a plunge...



>>> Most likely it will work.
>>
>>
>> Dragomir Kollaric
>

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:15:34 -0500, Steve Barker DLT wrote:

> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around
> with Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any
> reason it shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't
> want to start off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be
> finiky.
>
> thanks
>
> steve

You should know shortly after you attempt to boot it. The Ubuntu CDs and
DVDs start by booting as a Live CD. If everything works there, it will
most likely work after installation.

is the P35-s611

i have to repair a small electrical problem with the laptop b4 i can try it.

s


"Peter" wrote in message
news:g6hj6c$1geq$1@adenine.netfront.net...
> Steve Barker DLT wrote:
>> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around
>> with
>> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any reason it
>> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to
>> start
>> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.
>
> Which Toshiba laptop is it?
> I have Kubuntu 8.04 running on a Tecra M9 here, goes just fine, including
> wireless.
>
> The dvd should be live, so you can boot off it and see if things work ok.
>
> The Ubuntu forums are also good for help if you need any.
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/
>
> HTH
>
> Peter
>
>
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It's a simple swap on this one. BUT, i've already replaced the laptop due
to it's power port electrical issues. It will become a Ubuntu only machine.

s


"Ro" wrote in message
news:488c7fd9$0$10272$e4fe514c@dreader17.news.xs4a ll.nl...
> Ignoramus24313 schreef:
>> On 2008-07-27, Dragomir Kollaric wrote:
>>> On 2008-07-27, Ignoramus24313 hit the keyboard and wrote:
>>>> On 2008-07-27, Steve Barker DLT
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around
>>>>> with Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any
>>>>> reason it shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't
>>>>> want to start off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be
>>>>> finiky.
>>>> It may work or it may not. I would suggest that if you want to keep a
>>>> Windows install, and you have $50 to burn, you buy a separate hard
>>>> drive and put ubuntu there, without jeopardizing Windows.
>>> A second HDD on a Laptop? Now this is going to be some fun.
>>> Unless you meant using a USB-HHD. In any case what's wrong
>>> with sticking the DVD in the Laptop and run the OS in RAM to
>>> see if its working.
>>
>> I mean, as in take the Windows hard drive out, put the new hard
>> drive in and install linux on the new one.
>>
>
> In a (old) laptop? That's not zo easy. Talking about a plunge...
>
>
>
>>>> Most likely it will work.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dragomir Kollaric
>>

I got in in '91 and was a self taught DOS wizard. . I loved messing
with it. I hated windows, but then , well you know , had to go the easy
route.

s


"Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)" wrote in message
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> Steve Barker DLT wrote:
>> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around
>> with
>> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any reason it
>> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to
>> start
>> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.
>>
>
> Any good DOS user should have no problem with Linux... :P
>
> --
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> / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you!
> /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 8.04.1) Linux 2.6.26
> ^ ^ 21:47:01 up 1 day 5:56 3 users load average: 1.00 1.02 1.00
> ºî ´© (CSSA):
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:00:55 -0500, Steve Barker DLT wrote:

> is the P35-s611
>
>

in this newsgroup we post our replies at the bottom. Yes I know Micro$hit
puts the cursor at the top, bit that's NO EXCUSE.

Derek Turner wrote:

> in this newsgroup we post our replies at the bottom. Yes I know Micro$hit
> puts the cursor at the top, bit that's NO EXCUSE.

IMO it's fine if the cursor is at the top because you want to go
through the post and remove unnecessary parts of the quotation. YMMV.

--
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Steve Barker DLT illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> is the P35-s611
>
> i have to repair a small electrical problem with the laptop b4 i can try it.
>
> s

I had a P series a couple of years ago hat ran perfectly.

Only issue was with "suspend/hibernate". Google ACPI to see what
causes it.

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Ignoramus24313 illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> On 2008-07-27, Dragomir Kollaric wrote:
>> On 2008-07-27, Ignoramus24313 hit the keyboard and wrote:
>>> On 2008-07-27, Steve Barker DLT wrote:
>>>> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play around with
>>>> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any reason it
>>>> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to start
>>>> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.
>>>
>>> It may work or it may not. I would suggest that if you want to keep a
>>> Windows install, and you have $50 to burn, you buy a separate hard
>>> drive and put ubuntu there, without jeopardizing Windows.
>>
>> A second HDD on a Laptop? Now this is going to be some fun.
>> Unless you meant using a USB-HHD. In any case what's wrong
>> with sticking the DVD in the Laptop and run the OS in RAM to
>> see if its working.
>
> I mean, as in take the Windows hard drive out, put the new hard
> drive in and install linux on the new one.

Seriously. Why do you even bother offering up such ****eyed
suggestions?

You baffle me.

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Patrick Phillips illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> Steve Barker DLT wrote:
>
>> Never been anywhere but DOS and windows 'till now. Gonna play
>> around with
>> Ubuntu. Got a book by Apress and came with dvd, 8.04 etc. Any
>> reason it
>> shouldn't work on a toshiba laptop designed for XP? I don't want to
>> start
>> off on the wrong foot. I know sometimes laptops can be finiky.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> steve
>
> Just d/l Mandriva Live-One CD [2008.1 Spring is latest] and find out
> if it boots OK [or not] without modifying anything on the hard drive,
> if things work OK click the install icon.

"Mandriva"?

In A Ubuntu newsgroup? Why on earth would the original poster want to
do that. It was not what he was asking.

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