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Mark Harris
Guest
Total duration: 11 days
Thursday 27 February
Download iso for Ubuntu 64 bit v. 13.10
Friday 28 February
Buy DVDRW disks
Attempt to create Windows rescue disk
Discover internal DVD drive on laptop is not functional
Sunday 2 March, 12 midnight
Confusion over wifi provider's billing cycle results in blocked access to internet
Tuesday 4 March
Pay wifi provider current + next month in advance
Trip to the local computer shop, buy external DVD drive (USB)
create Windows rescue disk
Decided to use the whole drive for Linux, so that was unneccesary
burn iso to DVD
success
Discovered that the laptop will not boot from external DVD, although it is selected in Boot menu
Return to computer store for 8gb memory stick for alternative installation
Tuesday 4 March, evening
wifi provider shuts down regional internet for maintenance. They have a history.
wifi provider finally recognizes payment, removes blocked access, but too late (see above)
created perl script using LWP and URI to attempt to connect on 10 minute cycle
prints error message on failure, success on connection
Wednesday 5 March
scream at wifi provider's customer service. Somewhat satisfying but ineffective
running monitor perl script until success
...waiting for connectivity
Friday 7 March
connectivity restored at 2014-03-07 10:37:40
The actual installation of 13.10 from memory stick was fairly painless.
I hit a little bump configuring mySql, but I was able to resolve it.
I assume this narrative might amuse some.
Thursday 27 February
Download iso for Ubuntu 64 bit v. 13.10
Friday 28 February
Buy DVDRW disks
Attempt to create Windows rescue disk
Discover internal DVD drive on laptop is not functional
Sunday 2 March, 12 midnight
Confusion over wifi provider's billing cycle results in blocked access to internet
Tuesday 4 March
Pay wifi provider current + next month in advance
Trip to the local computer shop, buy external DVD drive (USB)
create Windows rescue disk
Decided to use the whole drive for Linux, so that was unneccesary
burn iso to DVD
success
Discovered that the laptop will not boot from external DVD, although it is selected in Boot menu
Return to computer store for 8gb memory stick for alternative installation
Tuesday 4 March, evening
wifi provider shuts down regional internet for maintenance. They have a history.
wifi provider finally recognizes payment, removes blocked access, but too late (see above)
created perl script using LWP and URI to attempt to connect on 10 minute cycle
prints error message on failure, success on connection
Wednesday 5 March
scream at wifi provider's customer service. Somewhat satisfying but ineffective
running monitor perl script until success
...waiting for connectivity
Friday 7 March
connectivity restored at 2014-03-07 10:37:40
The actual installation of 13.10 from memory stick was fairly painless.
I hit a little bump configuring mySql, but I was able to resolve it.
I assume this narrative might amuse some.