Carefully, Correctly Wrong (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} diffrentcolours) wrote,@ 2009-04-18 11:47:00 |
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Quick Update
Posting this fromtartful_dodger's laptop using an Ubuntu LiveCD (eww) because the hard drive is fucked.
Given that the laptop is still usable for web browsing and IM despite being diskless, I'm going to try to get Morgan to just take the hard drive back for replacement rather than the entire machine; that way Olly will have more online presence over the next few days. Intil wifi driver even works nicely, hooray for free software.
This Gateway laptop design is pretty dumb though - the hard drive is not attached to the laptop chassis, it's attached to the underside of the case, meaning that any shock to the system goes straight into the drive. No wonder 50% of the sectors are bad!
Posting this from
tartful_dodger's laptop using an Ubuntu LiveCD (eww) because the hard drive is fucked.Given that the laptop is still usable for web browsing and IM despite being diskless, I'm going to try to get Morgan to just take the hard drive back for replacement rather than the entire machine; that way Olly will have more online presence over the next few days. Intil wifi driver even works nicely, hooray for free software.
This Gateway laptop design is pretty dumb though - the hard drive is not attached to the laptop chassis, it's attached to the underside of the case, meaning that any shock to the system goes straight into the drive. No wonder 50% of the sectors are bad!
