[ale] old newbie

[Cornelis van Dijk]

I discovered what the rpm problem was with the SuSE 11.2;
it does not tolerate spaces in file names!
I just renamed the files and they install fine.


On 1/4/11, Cornelis van Dijk <cor.angela0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ron, thanks for those tips. I probably need them
> Cor
>
> On 1/3/11, Ron Frazier <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com> wrote:
>> Here's a great podcast to keep up with all the hardware in's and out's.
>> They frequently field questions such as this.
>>
>> http://www.twit.tv/twich
>>
>> This Week In Computer Hardware
>> Building a new computer? This Week in Computer Hardware is the show
>> where you'll find out the latest in motherboards, CPUs, GPUs, and RAM
>> you'll want to use when designing your machine. TWiCH gives you the
>> latest in hardware benchmarks and what not-yet-released products might
>> be on the horizon. Hosted by Ryan Shrout of PC Perspective and Patrick
>> Norton of the TWiT netcast network. Recorded live every Thursdat at 6pm
>> Pacific/2200 UTC at http://live.twit.tv.
>>
>> These magazines are also great resources, with online archives:
>>
>> http://www.computerpoweruser.com/DigitalEditions/Archive.aspx
>>
>> http://www.maximumpc.com/articles/pdf_archives - postings delayed by a
>> couple of months
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> On Sat, 2010-12-25 at 18:20 -0500, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:
>>> Hello alers,
>>>
>>> I used to subscribe to this list a few years ago while running SuSE,
>>> Redhat and Fedora.  I have been busy with other things since then. I
>>> recently decided to upgrade my systems and I was appalled at the
>>> changes in the technology. For instance, one can hardly get a
>>> motherboard that has IDE ports on it. Some may have only one. What to
>>> do with my IDE harddrives. and dvd burners, let alone my SCSI
>>> equipment? I have to get all SATA or USB? Even my 2006 Scott Mueller
>>> book  (Upgrading and Repairing PC's) is out of date. Are there
>>> adapters for IDE to SATA  for example. Is there anyone with similar
>>> problems or is there a good site for old newbie's like me?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Cor
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