The last poster wins

[Thor.]

If you look under the games selection when searching for a mod, you would notice Kotor 1 and 2 on the list which got me excited. I really hope the nexus gets a Kotor site, one thing that Kotor needs is a 1080P mod that fixes the resolution bug for todays video cards.

 

WOOT yup the nexus has a kotor site

 

http://www.nexusmods.com/kotor/mods/1/?

 

The game so deserves a nexus site, it was so far ahead of its time, nothing really came close to it until now when it came to aa and graphic detail. Besides that failure swkotor online.

This shows promise, maybe even a enb mod here and there, and graphics enhancements, it so deserves a revamp.

Edited December 6, 2013 by Thor.

[billyro]

Apparently the hard drive in my laptop is danger of imminent failure. So, if I suddenly vanish, that would be why.

[K00L]

Apparently the hard drive in my laptop is danger of imminent failure. So, if I suddenly vanish, that would be why.

That's no fun. ._.

 

[Werne]

Apparently the hard drive in my laptop is danger of imminent failure. So, if I suddenly vanish, that would be why.

Ooh, HDD failures suck man. You could try get a Linux live USB as a backup plan, since it works without a HDD you can use the laptop when the drive fails, even recover data depending on which part of the drive failed.

[billyro]

 

Apparently the hard drive in my laptop is danger of imminent failure. So, if I suddenly vanish, that would be why.

That's no fun. ._.

 

Nope, not fun at all. :sad:

 

But, what is fun, is that I reached 2,000 posts before that happened! :D

 

 

 

Apparently the hard drive in my laptop is danger of imminent failure. So, if I suddenly vanish, that would be why.

Ooh, HDD failures suck man. You could try get a Linux live USB as a backup plan, since it works without a HDD you can use the laptop when the drive fails, even recover data depending on which part of the drive failed.

 

I've backed up all the important things I need (probably like 20 files) so I won't be too sad if it carks it, but it would be nice to continue using it afterwards.

 

How do these Linux USBs work? I just plug it in and the computer works?

Edited December 7, 2013 by billyro

[Werne]

How do these Linux USBs work? I just plug it in and the computer works?

To make one, you download a Linux live image (Linux Mint 16 Petra should have great support for a wide variety of hardware, plus it has that Windows vibe to it), install LiLi and follow instructions to create a live USB with LiLi. You can also burn a DVD and boot directly from it, though it's noisy and slow so I prefer USBs for that.

 

When you want to boot from the USB, press the button for choosing boot drive during the BIOS post screen (for me it's F12, it was F8 on my old mobo, the post screen should tell you which one it is), choose USB flash drive, wait 10 seconds (or press something and select "Start Linux Mint" if you're impatient) - all done, in about 10-15 seconds you should be seeing the desktop.

 

It won't save your changes though, you need to add persistence for that (it's simple to do with LiLi, just yank up the slider), 4GB persistence means you can add up to 4GB of software or whatever stuff you want to the live system, I think LiLi supports up to 8GB or so. It also all depends on how big your flash drive is, you can add a lot more persistence to it if you're willing to look around for the union persistence and have a big enough of a flash drive. LiLi persistence is faster but files can't be accessed from Windows, union is slower but Windows can access the data once Explore2fs is installed.

 

When you're done making that thing, you basically have an operating system that can boot on any PC in which you can plug the flash drive, which is pretty handy sometimes. :smile:

Edited December 7, 2013 by Werne

[billyro]

 

How do these Linux USBs work? I just plug it in and the computer works?

To make one, you download a Linux live image (Linux Mint 16 Petra should have great support for a wide variety of hardware, plus it has that Windows vibe to it), install LiLi and follow instructions to create a live USB with LiLi. You can also burn a DVD and boot directly from it, though it's noisy and slow so I prefer USBs for that.

 

When you want to boot from the USB, press the button for choosing boot drive during the BIOS post screen (for me it's F12, it was F8 on my old mobo, the post screen should tell you which one it is), choose USB flash drive, wait 10 seconds (or press something and select "Start Linux Mint" if you're impatient) - all done, in about 10-15 seconds you should be seeing the desktop.

 

It won't save your changes though, you need to add persistence for that (it's simple to do with LiLi, just yank up the slider), 4GB persistence means you can add up to 4GB of software or whatever stuff you want to the live system, I think LiLi supports up to 8GB or so. It also all depends on how big your flash drive is, you can add a lot more persistence to it if you're willing to look around for the union persistence and have a big enough of a flash drive. LiLi persistence is faster but files can't be accessed from Windows, union is slower but Windows can access the data once Explore2fs is installed.

 

When you're done making that thing, you basically have an operating system that can boot on any PC in which you can plug the flash drive, which is pretty handy sometimes. :smile:

 

 

Ah ok, seems straight-forward enough. Sadly, there isn't an electronics shop within 100km, so I might hold off for a while. Besides, there isn't much important stuff on this laptop (mostly just games) so I'm not too concerned.

 

I saved your instructions for later use, though.

[Thor.]

So you live in the middle of nowhere with a high speed internet connection, i know a few people who would be jealous of you :teehee:

[billyro]

So you live in the middle of nowhere with a high speed internet connection, i know a few people who would be jealous of you :teehee:

 

We don't really live in the middle of nowhere, but fairly rural. It'd be nice to be out in the sticks though - less neighbours, more freedom.

 

And I would exactly call the internet "high speed", since it usually downloads at around 300kb/s.

Edited December 7, 2013 by billyro

[Werne]

So you live in the middle of nowhere with a high speed internet connection, i know a few people who would be jealous of you :teehee:

I'm jealous, I don't live in the middle of nowhere and I have crappy internet connection. :sad:

 

Sadly, there isn't an electronics shop within 100km, so I might hold off for a while.

You know, back in the day when a 1GB flash drive cost 100$, I knew people don't have them, but nowadays a 4x bigger flash drive costs some 10$. They are starting to be more useful and cheaper than DVDs, I have nearly 300GB worth of those.

 

So regarding the lack of USBs in your possession... what's your excuse, maggot? :tongue: