Yes, I know, I know, another late post. I can’t help it, real life has a tendency to kind of take priority over the Internet, you know.
Anyway.
I finally figured out why I was having such fits with my Ubuntu install. Turns out that I had a bad hard drive. Yup, that’s all. Now that I have Ubuntu installed on a new drive (80g) it’s running like the proverbial top. Not a belch or anything in sight.
Of course, my problems all boiled down to one simple thing, yet it was that same “simple thing” that I kept missing when I did my checks and such. To be honest, I don’t know which test showed that it was the hard drive, but when I used the new drive for the install, it worked great and is still working great. Yes, I’ll even admit that I don’t have a full grasp of Linux, but I am getting there. After all, I whipped DOS and windows into shape, so I figure that I can get this OS whipped into shape, too. It’s definitely getting there, with much thanks to the great people on the Ubuntu forums.
There are still some things that I have to use windows for, but they are shrinking even as I type this. The main thing is the cartridge install/replace bit for my printer. It requires a program that I cannot get to work in Ubuntu, yet. I will get there, though, don’t worry. Heh.
Well, I have some other stuff to take care of, so I will be back as soon as I can.