Ubuntu and Windows
So I finally broke down and added a WinXP partition as a dual boot to my existing Ubuntu one, just so I can handle the Dexcom.
Resizing the Ubuntu partition was easy peasy with the live CD - just boot to the CD, run the partition manager, pick a size, and off you go. Pretty nifty, like most Ubuntu stuff as I've come to learn.
Then I spent the next five - that's FIVE - hours installing WinXP pro on the new partition. Holy moly, I didn't even realize how much of a good thing Ubuntu was until I had to install XP today. My XP partition is STILL not fully operational - a bunch of Lenovo specific stuff isn't working, wireless is kaput, and so on and so forth. Thinking back to the 35 minutes start-to-finish-fully-operating-and-with-all-applications-installed-and-updated Ubuntu installation, I had to smile.
But the Dexcom problem is indeed solved, which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the problem resides with the Silicon Labs UART bridge driver. At least I know that.
Resizing the Ubuntu partition was easy peasy with the live CD - just boot to the CD, run the partition manager, pick a size, and off you go. Pretty nifty, like most Ubuntu stuff as I've come to learn.
Then I spent the next five - that's FIVE - hours installing WinXP pro on the new partition. Holy moly, I didn't even realize how much of a good thing Ubuntu was until I had to install XP today. My XP partition is STILL not fully operational - a bunch of Lenovo specific stuff isn't working, wireless is kaput, and so on and so forth. Thinking back to the 35 minutes start-to-finish-fully-operating-and-with-all-applications-installed-and-updated Ubuntu installation, I had to smile.
But the Dexcom problem is indeed solved, which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the problem resides with the Silicon Labs UART bridge driver. At least I know that.
posted by Blinkered at 5:20 PM
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