[ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

Jacob Mansfield cyberjacob at gmail.com
Wed Sep 15 19:44:28 BST 2010


surely I could just put the live CD onto my working ubuntu desktop and do a
PXE boot to it

On 15 September 2010 19:17, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 15 September 2010 15:40, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berkeley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 15:15:24 +0100, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> On 15 September 2010 14:04, Jacob Mansfield <cyberjacob at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > I just type where it puts the curser by default, I can type where I
> >> > like. yes I did try with a USB cd drive and if you actualy read my
> >> > posts rather than yelling at my grammer will know that I did try
> >> > with a USB memory stick
> >>
> >> Aaaaaand *that* is right where I stop trying to offer any help or
> >> guidance. HAND. Goodbye.
> >
> > Is there something we can do to persuade you to stop contributing to
> > this list altogether, Liam? If so, please let us know and we shall be
> > only too happy to do it for you.
>
> In general, all I ask is that people abide by the rules and etiquette
> of the medium, do their best to ask questions the smart way (q.v. Eric
> Raymond), and are polite and friendly.
>
> I make my living from freelance IT support and advice. It is what I do
> and have done for the bulk of the last 14 years. I charge £75 per hour
> or part thereof for my services, and I have clients from Scotland to
> Brussels. I have worked with everything from a myriad of individuals
> and home users to multinational banks.
>
> I give help and guidance here because I see it as giving something
> back, repaying in some small way the huge amount of use I've had out
> of Linux since I started playing with it in 1996 and using it
> seriously in 1997.
>
> I do not expect, nor will I tolerate, rudeness, ingratitude and so on.
> If someone can't be bothered to learn how to reply to an email - and
> indeed is willing to *say* they can't be bothered to - or is just
> plain rude - then why should I help them? They're getting a service
> from me that large corporations pay me tens of thousands of pounds
> for.
>
> Sadly it is human nature to value things according to what you pay for
> them. I am not like that; if I get something for free and it's of a
> large degree of use to me, I prize it and am very grateful.
>
> Most people seem to figure, hey, I didn't pay, so it's not worth anything.
>
> The same clearly goes for help and advice.
>
> If a paying client of mine is slow to understand, impatient, rude, or
> calls at 2AM with a problem, I bend over backwards to help. That's
> what they are paying for.
>
> However, personally, I don't tolerate fools. Never mind gladly, not at all.
>
> If someone can't be bothered to write proper English when it is their
> native language, or can't be bothered to learn how to use a mailing
> list, but they still want support - well, from me, they get what they
> pay for. Nothing.
>
> So, a good way to stop getting helpful replies from me is to be
> unhelpful, bolshie, rude or uncooperative.
>
> Do unto others as thou wouldst have them do unto thee.
>
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