kudos to Penguinbait!

i am a middle-aged, barely technical computer user. i was miserable with DOS......taught myself to be proficient with diff versions of windows over the years and most comfortable using GUIs.

never interested in apple and always wanted to get away from windows but linux seemed daunting and i figured that n800 was the place to get my feet wet. i have played around with my n800 for a coupla weeks runnin maemo apps etc. and used up the native 256MB memory pretty quick.....decided to dive in.

i am now running OS08 43.7 clone on partitioned 8GB internal card. 3.5GB for the clone and using 500MB for the swap partition.......remaining partitioned 4GB for holding data? i also have a 16GB card in the external slot to hold backups as well as media and game files.

how did i do it? i followed the directions from the first page and other penguinbait postings.

i backed up my original install and settings. did a fresh flash of OS08. i downloaded ROXTURN...i kept reading about using XTURN to "check" things or probs....couldnt find xturn so got roxturn.

downloaded "console tools" and installed it. used roxturn to run "pb" first and then "pbeasy"......for ME...i found parts of both worked better to do all the steps to get me partitioned and cloned and bootmenued

being VERY used to windows GUIs and progress bars...it took me awhile to get used to blindly waiting. maybe i was hung up or just impatient but i went through the install process and rebooting a coupla times. each time i got more used to the PB and PBEASY interface i got it all partitioned and formated in 2 tries and my 3rd reboot got me a "boot menu with a choice of, internal flash ....internal mmc card p2 ext3......and power off (when not on charger)

i go to choice two...and presto....i go to my clone on my internal card where i then did a restore backup. now i have all the functions i had last week but with a ton more memory and am hoping that this will all make my n800 experience richer.

i HIGHLY recommend this UPGRADE to any other newbie who has a little interest and a good sized SDHC card (8GB-$19 at STAPLES)

i only have two wishes.

(1.) now that i have done this and have an x terminal emulator....is there someplace i can go to LEARN about how to do more things...like a Linux for Dummies? and i would REALLY like to fig out how to make what is now zoom level 120% my default level because of my older eyes? i would prefer to zoom out if things got too crowded in an app instead of having to zoom in on all of them.

(2.) i saw a link to make a donation to penguinbait on one of these many pages but my tired eyes wont let me find it again. if someone could please point me in the right direction please?


thanks - chrisvnh

ps - since i reflashed and cloned...everytime i boot up....i get a weird audio bite of a guy speaking with an accent(i think).....i think he says something like "Hello...........(and i think maybe something about Phoenix?)" only like 8 words long. can anyone tell me what this is? and where i can find it? and how the heck do i disable it?