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I did a complete reinstall and when entered password was very careful.
Login now works so all I can assume is "finger trouble"
Thanks
Jim

Just installed 17.10
All went well I selected to erase the disk
Asked for use and password.
Both passwords agreed and it said good password.
Finished and rebooted.
Won't let me in on login
Any...

I have a DLNA smart TV.
Well it's a Sony Bravia which I got around the time that Smart TVs were starting.
So it's a bit of a Dumb Smart TV.

Anyway I can do the DLNA playto from my Windows 7...

Ran the .sh script. It didn't seem to report any problems.
But there were some entries in 'dmesg' about write errors.
Bought a new drive £49 ish.
Fitted it yesterday and it look OK, it's now back...

Thanks I will try the test.

Re warranty ..
I had a single 1T WD drive with my vids on.
Last year it failed and I lost the lot, not really a problem as I can record stuff again.
However the...

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Would replace involve stress to my wallet ?
Jim

I have two 1T drives configured as a raid mirror
/dev/sdb1
/dev/sdc1
-----> /dev/md127

Worked OK for months.
However now when I copy vids to it the system fails sdc1 and runs degraded on sdb1....

Final solution was
New 160G disk formatted as 80G Vista/2G Linux Swap/78G Linux FS
Installed Vista and the Ununtu 12.10, it now dual boots into Ubuntu by default.
Installed mdadm in Ubuntu.
Shut...

OK will have a go.
Thanks
Jim

Thanks
Yes the two 1T drives are totally dedicated to the raid.
The 160G is not raid and will be a plain old Linux drive.

Regards
Jim

I tried to post this yesterday and was sure it had gone in. But couldn't find it later ??

Anyway to repeat.
I set up as Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit on a small 160G drive.
I have two 1T drives and set...

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Slitaz looks like it might fit the bill.
Looks unclutered.
Will give it a try over the weekend.

I don't think it would be that big a task for the "banks" to come up with a stratergy. Don't forget they have unlimited resources ( well did have and probably still do! )
Ubuntu runs on most...

Very worrying.

I have suggested in the past, although not on this forum, that the banks/credit card companies could do a lot better for a very small outlay.

If the banks provided their users...

Not really bothered if the system gets trashed.

And I would have thought that most power glitches that corrupt system ram run the risk of trashing the system regardless.

Anyway I think just...

Well one of my requirements is for a secure mechanism for performing financial transactions.

I worry greatly about if my Vista system is secure, even with my Virus scanners etc.

Now I am not a...

No the SLAX option copys the CD rom contents to RAM and runs from there. It doesn't run from CD.

With the the Ubuntu CD when you click an application to run the CD winds up and the application is...

Hello, this is my first post, I have search the forums but there doesn't seem to be a relevant post, so...

To save reading below the question is can Ubuntu boot from CD and copy itself to memory....