| 00:00.15 | Maquis | SpecialK: once i disable the HD in bios, and get knoppix to start, exactly how do i get the hd to work again |
| 00:00.25 | Maquis | (the whole point of this maneuver is to get to the hd) |
| 00:00.28 | sjansen | SpecialK: Does knoppix have a way of checking error messages on another vt? |
| 00:00.49 | sjansen | Maquis: We're eliminating the HD as source of the problem. |
| 00:00.56 | Maquis | sjansen: ah... |
| 00:01.05 | Maquis | well, i'm going to see if i can figure out how to get to the bios |
| 00:01.06 | sjansen | Might have to use a different rescue media if knoppix is freaking. |
| 00:01.12 | Maquis | well.. now it's trying to boot windowsme |
| 00:01.29 | SpecialK | He said run memcheck without the hd, and that way you won't have to mess with hardware. |
| 00:01.35 | Maquis | sjansen: i'm thinking it's probably the computer freaking... not knoppix |
| 00:01.36 | sjansen | Best tip for reaching BIOS setup, sit on a key during boot until you get an error. The error will usually include instructions on entering the bios setup. |
| 00:01.50 | SpecialK | usually F2 |
| 00:02.01 | SpecialK | or delete for much older. |
| 00:02.05 | sjansen | "Oh, Peter, you've been hacked!" |
| 00:02.13 | sjansen | Or F10 |
| 00:02.43 | SpecialK | Dell's are F2. |
| 00:03.27 | Maquis | f2 isnt it... |
| 00:03.29 | Maquis | f10 is |
| 00:03.43 | sjansen | Social conscience and techy corporate flash games just don't mix. |
| 00:04.05 | Maquis | does it say anything special when i disable the hard drive |
| 00:04.20 | Maquis | it seemed to just complain about something (with a beep), but i didn't see anything change |
| 00:04.26 | sjansen | Wow, Peter is an amazing packet. He can fix routers! |
| 00:05.16 | Maquis | sjansen: SpecialK: it wouldn't disable the hd |
| 00:05.31 | Maquis | should we just give up on the data on the hard drive and just see if it'll take a windoze install? |
| 00:06.31 | SpecialK | Hard drive enclosures are cheap and readily available |
| 00:06.37 | Maquis | SpecialK: huh? |
| 00:06.37 | SpecialK | for laptop drives. |
| 00:06.44 | SpecialK | if you want the data |
| 00:06.47 | sjansen | In fact, I have an empty one at home right now. |
| 00:07.01 | Maquis | she says that it's not going to be a major deal if she doesn't get the data |
| 00:07.09 | Maquis | she was going to toss the laptop, and just get a new one |
| 00:07.18 | Maquis | but i thought it might be nice to try to rescue things |
| 00:07.32 | sjansen | 3 year old, yeah I would too |
| 00:07.40 | SpecialK | even though the drive won't boot, you plug it into an enclosure and then plug the USB cable into the port. |
| 00:07.47 | sjansen | Maquis: If she doesn't care enough, it's not worth the time. |
| 00:08.06 | SpecialK | If she's tossing it, I'll take it for parts, |
| 00:08.09 | sjansen | You'll have plenty of other chances to provide free support. |
| 00:08.18 | Maquis | yeah |
| 00:08.19 | Maquis | :0 |
| 00:08.20 | Maquis | :) |
| 00:08.58 | SpecialK | ~sing |
| 00:08.59 | ibot | "Night fever, night fever. You know how to do it!" |
| 00:09.39 | hans | ~dance |
| 00:09.40 | ibot | ACTION becomes steve ballmer |
| 00:09.56 | SpecialK | If all it needs is a drive, I could use a laptop for coding in class. |
| 00:09.59 | sjansen | I want more disco, ibot! |
| 00:11.12 | hans | hold it, if someone's chucking a laptop, i'm getting in line. |
| 00:11.19 | sjansen | What's the point of an "educational" game that contains more misconceptions than knowledge? |
| 00:11.54 | sjansen | http://www.cisco.com/edu/peterpacket - be afraid |
| 00:13.39 | Maquis | so, i just sent her off with her laptop... she's going to get it reformatted over christmas break... and then her dad's going to use it since she has a new computer or something |
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| 00:17.57 | javert42 | Is Sco++ or Andrew here? (I don't know names here) |
| 00:19.00 | javert42 | Hmm... guess not.. Bye y'all |
| 00:19.02 | Maquis | javert42: you're looking for spr or amcnabb |
| 00:19.13 | Maquis | oops |
| 00:19.20 | Maquis | just a second too late |
| 00:19.34 | spr | he needs to wait a little longer than that |
| 00:19.39 | Maquis | yeah |
| 00:19.44 | spr | he'll learn |
| 00:20.06 | Maquis | oh well... at least i got my message in a second before he quit, so he might have seen it |
| 00:20.19 | spr | yeah. |
| 00:20.44 | Maquis | although i'm guessing not, otherwise he'd be coming back to at least check on that (i think?) |
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