If its got a PATA drive it is be worth looking at something like this:-
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which allows am mSATA SSD to be used in older laptops. I think the laptop must understand LBA but it works fine in my Lenovo T61 but not in my Compaq M700.
"?I strongly suggest installing an SSD into any laptop that you are going to upgrade/downgrade to Linux. It just speeds things up so much."
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+1!!!
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Joe
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On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 2:23 AM Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm@...> wrote:
Gregg,
I am actually named "David" but prefer to be called "Dave" but I G4UGM except when in Spain where I am EA7KAE.... ... the Dave caused a problem or two when I last did a Microsoft exam as all my old exams were done using a company id which said "Dave Wade". When I did the last one they wanted "official id" and both my passport and my driving licence, of course say "David Wade"
Dave? ? P.S. I strongly suggest installing an SSD into any laptop that you are going to upgrade/downgrade to Linux. It just speeds things up so much.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gregg Levine > Sent: 19 September 2022 01:30 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [h390-vm] Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro > > Hello! > There are three people(?) on this list who're named David, yourself, (Fish), one > who is actually named Dave Wade, and of course Dave M, The monster > reference was aimed at the both of them. > And what year is your machine from Fish? Mine is circa early 1999. > ----- > Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@... > "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." > > On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 8:25 PM Fish Fish <david.b.trout@...> wrote: > > > > Gregg Levine wrote: > > > > [...] > > > Incidentally Fish my Dell Dimension still thinks yours is too young > > > to work all night. > > > > Too YOUNG? Nonsense! It (Dell Precision T7500) has been running non-stop > for YEARS now, and is still going strong. > > > > > This message will need to be interpreted by two monsters > > > > Monsters? > > > > > to two different people. And can be easily understood by someone who > > > breathes through gills. > > > > Well... All except the Linux stuff, yeah. ;-) > > > > -- > > "Fish" (David B. Trout) > > Software Development Laboratories > > > > mail: fish@... > > > >