he, he. cue Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" :-)<br><br>fdisk cures all Microsoft virus problems!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 2:52 AM, arxion <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arxaaron@gmail.com">arxaaron@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This person contacted me directly with the request below.<br>
Was about to forward it to the list when I noticed his<br>
second email. Seems he was successful in curing his new<br>
Gateway netbook of windisease without us. :-)<br>
<br>
======== first email =======<br>
On 2009, Nov, 27, , at 10:34 PM, G Irwin wrote:<br>
> I just bought a new Gateway netbook and want to install Ubuntu Remix.<br>
> It does not have a DVR/CD drive and I don't have a clue how do it from<br>
> a USB drive. Who can you recommend to talk me through this or do it<br>
> for me. I don't mind paying a reasonable price for the help. I have<br>
> been uning Ubuntu for a while, but consider myself a novice since I<br>
> have to Google every time I do something and this time I may be too<br>
> far out of my league. I'm in Alpharetta for the weekend at my<br>
> daughter's house,<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Gordon Irwin<br>
> 865-268-9898<br>
<br>
<br>
======= second email =======<br>
On 2009, Nov, 28, , at 1:06 AM, G Irwin wrote:<br>
> Never mind my request. It took me about three hours, but I actually<br>
> have Ubuntu 9.10 up and running thanks to the great on-line community<br>
> support forums that already had all of the answers I needed to put<br>
> Ubuntu on a USB flash drive and install it including the wireless! To<br>
> my continued amazement every thing seems to be working perfectly!<br>
><br>
> I'm going to be living in the Atlanta area in the near future<br>
> part-time and might be interested in the Linux Group after I retire<br>
> next summer and will be here more.<br>
><br>
> Thanks!<br>
><br>
> Gordon Irwin<br>
<br>
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