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["rvijay07" <rvijay07 AT myway.com>]

--- On Mon 03/07, sindi keesan < keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org > wrote:
From: sindi keesan [mailto: keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org]
To: rvijay07 AT myway.com, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
>Is this a laptop computer?  If it is a desktop computer you could replace 
><br>the hard drive easily and then put BL on hard drive instead of floppy or 
><br>CD.  You can get a hard drive out of any older computer and just open up 
><br>the case, unplug a power cable and a data cable, remove some screws and 
><br>reverse the process with the replacement drive.  A 100MB drive is plenty 
><br>for BL3 with applications.<br><br>Make sure you plug in the data 
>(ribbon) cable with the red stripe nearest <br>the power connector.  Often 
>the drives and cables are keyed.<br><br>Are you planning to use your two 
>computers in a network with DSL?  Or use <br>the older one as a dumb 
>terminal (X-server)?  I don't think you would need <br>to dial with it as 
>the dumb terminal.<br><br>Sindi<br>


Thanks for the response. I tried using the 0 init1 alth0 as well turning the 
0 chat line off using the #. Both don't work. ppp-on still hangs sometimes. I 
still have to reboot but that is OK.

Yes, this is a desktop. There are quite a few older hard drives offered on 
the local Freecycle lists. However, I just prefer to use this old PC to go 
online and surf using RAM, that is all. No networking. The way the PC prices 
are falling, perhaps there may not be space for used hardware soon. The good 
thing is that IT recycling is being discussed more on the net.

The old hard drive I had crashed and nothing would help. I opened it up, 
soaked it in water for three days and then threw it in garbage.

Vijay

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