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DATE | 2009-11-20 |
FROM | Amy Coleman
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] HP Mini 110
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Thanks for the suggestion Paul, I was about to ask my friends on a USB powered DVD burner for a netbook.
On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
> oh one more thing > if you want a good usb powered dvd burner for a net book I got this one > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827249036 > its great it works very well and the price isn't too bad. its a nice portable > size, its completely powered off the usb port, and it uses a surprisingly > little power for what it does so its easy on the net books battery. > if you read the reviews on the site i linked to a lot of people agree with me > the only one that had a con complains about its charging and not being able to > replace its battery which is strange because it doesn't have a battery. > > > Paul Robert Marino wrote: > > Ive been running Vector (http://vectorlinux.com/) on my hp mini is a > > really nice Slackware variant I think you would like it. plus all of the > > hardware on the hp mini is easily to configure on this distro. > > although I warn you it does not come with all of the pre-compiled > > software to fully utilize the bluetooth properly. > > one warning though my hp mini was last years model that came > > pre-installed with a Ubuntu variant the hardware on the 110 is slightly > > different. > > > > Ruben Safir wrote: > > > I picked up a HP Mini 110 for Shani and I'm having real trouble > > > setting up SuSE on it. It reboots after the packages download > > > (I'm using the new 11.2 opensuse) and mkinird doesn't seem to make > > > a usable initrd image. And mkinitrd doesn;t work manually either. > > > > > > There was a 11.2 RC2, the last stage before the anounced 11.2 release > > > which folks reported as being fairly steady, and it disapeared from > > > the > > > net. I'm really having troubles with this and I've loaded systems on > > > just about everything under the sun. > > > > > > Ruben > > > > > > > > > >
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