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Trying this evening to resurrect a much used and beloved Tosh Satellite Pro (the 480CDT model for you train spotters out there!)…Dug out the removable FDD and put the swappable CD drive into the caddy as #Ubuntu install was getting it’s panties in a bunch about no fd0 allocation during initiation. However haveing solved that little glitch the install routine get’s to the UI initialisation stage and barfs out to a command line stating “(initramfs)”

This wee machine is chugging along very nicely (?!) on WinME (I know I know…it’s a bastard child which ought to have been aborted in utero but it’s what we got) I’m almost tempted to just leave it as it stands and not dick about with it any further but frustratingly the one G wireless pcmcia card I have that ME will at least recognise, refuses to load the 3Com drivers…I think I’m on a downward curve of diminishing returns. Shame really as it’s be a great wee machine for the kids to mess around on and keep them away from my Mac !

So I’m a recidivist blogger…full of good intentions and I tend to blog in fits and starts as the mood, inspiration and time to do it is available !

However in true New Year’s resolution form I’ve signed up to Project52 a site that will maintain and track content updates and make sure I’m keeping my resolution. It’s kind of like a personal trainer for bloggers…someone to yell at you…”Come on ! Call that a pithy epithet…where’s the witty and cutty rejoinder ? Now drop and give me 20…reasons a Mac is better than a PC!?”

So given that I’ve no bloody excuses for having no content to discuss (my job has exploded in my face in the last 6 months in completely unexpected directions!) I’ll be doing my level best to make sure there’s at least one article per week uploaded here to Boardmad.

Come back soon for more…

Cheers
Scotty