[NTLUG:Discuss] Install Fest Instructions

[Allen Meyers]

Chuck:
Well said. I attended meeting before last for that exact reason to have someone help me install ubuntu 8.04. I would only add this to what you said. Look, listen, ask questions. Google, do research. NTLUG is a great resource and they owe you not a damn thing except their willingness to introduce you to Linux.
If I did not live so far away I would attend regular just to add to my learning curve.
As a side note got in a bit of a problem area on inability to type in linux listened to all the possibilities, googled and finally because I watched and asked questions when Doug I think it was who installed for me I said what the hell let me format this partition and reinstall and it did work and everything is a OK. Finally what a great gift to have folks like you as a resource.
My two cents
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chuck Graf 
  To: NTLUG Discussion List 
  Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 6:52 PM
  Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Install Fest Instructions


  Hi.  I am Chuck; the guy that usually shows up for the 9AM InstallFest.
  Lately we have been seeing allot of dial-boot installs on recent model
  laptops.  Frequently these systems will not boot into the MS system after
  the install.  Sometimes this is related to the process of shrinking the NTFS
  partition, and sometimes it is a product of writing to the MBR.  In some
  cases it can take allot of work to fix.

  The typical attitude is "Here is my pristine laptop that I just bought.
  Lets install an entirely new OS on it, but whatever you do, DON'T mess up my
  precious XP system.  All my financial records are in Quicken, and all the
  kids pictures for the last 10 years.  I never back anything up. I must have
  the laptop for work on Monday, so don't mess it up!!".

  This gets old after a while.  And if you feel that recovering a hosed MS
  partition is always trivial, please come see us some Saturday morning.

  One thing that would help is if the person knows what to expect when they
  arrive at the InstallFest, and a few facts about dual booting.  I wrote a
  tutorial that help.  Maybe it could go on the NTLUG LIP webpage at
  http://www.ntlug.org/Main/LIP.  The tutorial is here:
  http://cfgraf.com/Linux/InstallFest.html

  The tutorial is probably way too long.  People may not read it.  It is not
  great HTML (I did it in OpenOffice.org).  But we can refer to it when
  someone shows up with the "Attitude", as in "Didn't you read the webpage?".
  There are some boxes we really should not touch.

  What do you think?  Add?  Delete?  And thank you for listening to my rant.
  Returning to lurk mode now, awaiting input.

  Chuck
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