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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Clive Mitchell <bigclive1@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Discussion list for the Electron Club <members@electronclub.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, 10 September, 2010 16:31:41<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ELECTRON] Frozen Ububntu.<BR></FONT><BR>You can set your computer to check if there's a CD ROM present at<BR>boot-up and use that before the hard disk. That gets done in the BIOS<BR>settings, I'll not try and explain it here because the way it's done<BR>depends on your system.<BR><BR>If it's any consolation I too "upgraded" to Ubuntu 10 and it took ages<BR>and rendered my system completely unusable (ACER laptop). I managed<BR>to salvage some files with a copy of the earlier Ubuntu run from the<BR>CD ROM then reloaded my system with the earlier version from
scratch.<BR><BR><BR>Other than that and the lack of proper support by the printer<BR>manufacturers, I've been very happy with Ubuntu.<BR><BR><BR>On 10 September 2010 12:37, JOHN COUZIN <<A href="mailto:john.c.at95@btinternet.com" ymailto="mailto:john.c.at95@btinternet.com">john.c.at95@btinternet.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> It doesn't have windows, when I start it up with the Ubuntu disc in, it stll<BR>> seems to boot up from the hard drive.<BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Clive Mitchell.<BR><BR><A href="http://www.bigclive.com/" target=_blank>http://www.bigclive.com</A><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>members mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:members@electronclub.org" ymailto="mailto:members@electronclub.org">members@electronclub.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.electronclub.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members" target=_blank>http://lists.electronclub.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members</A><BR><BR>Instructions for changing your
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