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good news and bad news
the good news is -- I'm updating from my laptop! at home! after burning a knoppix ISO image disc and then riding home from the internet cafe at 2am! which was, let me tell you, pretty freaking bizarre! at least my bike wasn't gone when i came out, heh.
the bad news is -- I'm updating from my laptop at home on Knoppix in failsafe mode because I can't seem to figure out how to get it not to hang trying to do some dma acceleration in startup otherwise (it gets confused looking for the CD in /dev/hdc). and thus for some reason I also can't seem to figure out how to convince it I have a touchpad, or a USB mouse, or anything else, so I am basically using it without a mouse, and having not used linux significantly in the last few years I am of course completely at a loss as to how to do things on pure keyboard, although by using a lot of tabs and pressing weird buttons I managed to get web browsers and it seems the network works just fine...
so uh... I guess this is better than nothing but DAMN I need to get a new computer sometime soon argh.
man, I feel both really 1337 and really lame all at once right now. in this sort of "dude I kick ass I have managed to put a BIG FUCKING BAND-AID ON MY COMPUTER and I can kind of almost use it!!!" sense. i mean, I'm sure there are plenty of people who, if they had the same computer troubles, would have just been like "oh shit" and gone without a computer for a week or two until they could replace it, and here I am, going off to find a way to run an OS off of a CD to prove that it's just the HD and not the computer itself goddamnit. but at the same time I feel really lame because, well, first, this was such a big priority to me. having no computer at home makes me feel really disconnected from the world. and second, because I'm so awful at linux nonetheless. I'm gonna have to start reading up on some stuff for this to survive the next week or two until I can get my hands on a new laptop. very surreal.
this reminds me of my japanese ability. like, "take a step back, deanna, and realize that you do have some ability here." and at the same time, "i took a step back! i still suck! shut up, self!"
it's past 3am now so I should sleep. whee. tomorrow, I will learn more! I hope!
the bad news is -- I'm updating from my laptop at home on Knoppix in failsafe mode because I can't seem to figure out how to get it not to hang trying to do some dma acceleration in startup otherwise (it gets confused looking for the CD in /dev/hdc). and thus for some reason I also can't seem to figure out how to convince it I have a touchpad, or a USB mouse, or anything else, so I am basically using it without a mouse, and having not used linux significantly in the last few years I am of course completely at a loss as to how to do things on pure keyboard, although by using a lot of tabs and pressing weird buttons I managed to get web browsers and it seems the network works just fine...
so uh... I guess this is better than nothing but DAMN I need to get a new computer sometime soon argh.
man, I feel both really 1337 and really lame all at once right now. in this sort of "dude I kick ass I have managed to put a BIG FUCKING BAND-AID ON MY COMPUTER and I can kind of almost use it!!!" sense. i mean, I'm sure there are plenty of people who, if they had the same computer troubles, would have just been like "oh shit" and gone without a computer for a week or two until they could replace it, and here I am, going off to find a way to run an OS off of a CD to prove that it's just the HD and not the computer itself goddamnit. but at the same time I feel really lame because, well, first, this was such a big priority to me. having no computer at home makes me feel really disconnected from the world. and second, because I'm so awful at linux nonetheless. I'm gonna have to start reading up on some stuff for this to survive the next week or two until I can get my hands on a new laptop. very surreal.
this reminds me of my japanese ability. like, "take a step back, deanna, and realize that you do have some ability here." and at the same time, "i took a step back! i still suck! shut up, self!"
it's past 3am now so I should sleep. whee. tomorrow, I will learn more! I hope!
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But I need to know what its actually saying for error type stuff when it boots :)
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Also, I have found that Ubuntu does a good job recognizing my laptop's specialized hardware (although getting wireless working is annoying).
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now I have mouse! wheeee! thanks!
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I don't know WHY Knoppix insists on starting DMA by default. The vast majority of hardware out there that more than a year or two old instantly barfs with it on.
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