We just put Ubuntu on Andre's ancient ThinkPad (XP had no drivers for the network card). We had to take the harddrive out and put it into Kev's busted laptop, PXE boot it from my laptop (over an independent network) as far as "choose a mirror", then put it back onto the real network (stealing Aran's static IP) to actually perform the install. Then put the drive back into the ThinkPad. And it all worked. We're good...
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Whatever n00b. Thinkpads by definition can not be considered ancient. When you write a kernel to floppy, then you might have something worth crowing about.
Yep, definitely, knowing how to dd an image onto a small block device is a display of complete and utter mastery of 'nix skills.
If only you'd been there you could have saved us all, oh wait, the Stinkpad (which as a brand, BTW, has been in production for 17 years) didn't have a floppy drive.
Still, we'd have had fun laughing at your over-inflated sense of self-importance, your bizarre ideas about what constitutes skill and knowledge, and, of course, the fact that out of a field of thousands of friendly, helpful geeks -- most of whom have already accomplished more than you ever will since you waste your time posting comments trying to prove how mind numbingly awesome you are -- you'd have been the only twat there.
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