Sup Wil,

I know what your going through.  The DVD and CDRW on my laptop were a
pain to get working.  Toss me an email and list out the specifics of
what you would like working and I'll see what I can do.  I've also dual
booted Win2k at work, and WinME at home, with several distros.  My home
computer is a high end system as well.  And if I can't help, hopefully I
can at least make some recommendations for you.

Chris

On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 01:07, Wil Pike wrote:

    Newbie here... I've been to 3 installfests so far with limited success at
    each and attempted a Beer-Meeting (ugly results - had the wrong night or
    something....). The last 2 Karl (Carl?) has assisted me (quite well, I might
    add) - no, I don't know his last name, but the red-headed one.
    
    Anyway... I've watched the 'switch' Apple commercials for too long as I sit
    thru yet ANOTHER 'download the Winders drivers' nightmare on a 'new' box
    I've put together... I'll not bore (or would that be entice?) you with the
    details at this point except to say it's pretty close to top-shelf
    components across the board...  Exasperation (being the combination of
    'expitives' and 'perspiration') finally set in when I was unable to get the
    thoughtfully-included software to operate either the CDRW OR the DVD drives.
    I've been working under the mantra of 'Micro$oft-free by the end of 03',
    trying to slowly slide into a comfort zone with Linux (started with
    Mandrake, more recently with RH) doing dual-boot setups... (I HAVE
    successfully setup an older 400Mhz machine as a RH-ONLY system, but that is
    the extent of my 'good' luck with Linux so far... *sigh*).
    
    So (for the few of you that may still be following this rambling...)... it
    now comes to this. My immediate past results have me ready to jump into the
    great by and by of Linux where I will either fall to my death on the
    rocks... or learn to fly. As it currently stands, however, I am seeking a
    guru who works for pizza-and-beer prices to do a little tinkering on this
    box to get it Linux-enabled dual-boot... I have no 'release-loyalty' that
    couldn't be swayed by much more than 'my favorite release is...' as I REALLY
    want to get this going!! (and, IMHO, it's a pretty cool stash of parts I've
    acquired to make this thing go, so there'd be the fun of playing with it
    once it was working...).
    
    I'll open the bidding at a 6-pack of your favorite barley-pop and (at least)
    a small size of your favorite pizza... any takers? IF it matters to the
    bidders, I live near 169/62 just outside Hopkins... *crossing fingers and
    sitting back to wait on the bidding now...*
    
    Wil
    
    "If you are in that trade of helping others to laugh and to survive by
    laughter, then you are privileged indeed."  - Chuck Jones
    
    
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