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2015-12-23 15:33:11 Post No. 52016064
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2015-12-23 15:33:11
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I'm a technology illiterate shit but I need your help and sorry if I fuck up the terminology
I have an old laptop that was my brothers(he died) it's been fucked up since a Windows update gone bad so I had been running ubuntu live off when I use it because no Windows update disk
Since getting a smartphone I haven't used the laptop, I just like knowing it's here. but yesterday I received a DVD box set to a series that I had forgotten I loved and can only watch them on the laptop
I can access the hard drive and all files, I have 2 ubuntu iso saved. Lubuntu 14.04 and ubuntu 14.04, also ubuntu 11*.
Neither recognises the wireless broadcom driver (11 did but the one I saved was faulty) and I have no Ethernet connection or friend I can go to to get the latest distro or download the appropriate drivers. Without networking I can't download the appropriate drivers to watch the DVDs
I have 2 usb drives and blank dads at my disposal. I've tried copying the same iso I'm running into the home folder and then
sudo mkdir /media/cdrom
CD ~
sudo mount -o loop ubuntu* /media/cdrom
Then in additional software I ticked all boxes but proprietary drivers and ticked broadcom driver in the additional drivers tab. When I hit apply changes it starts to then freezes.
I have two days off from work and kind of really just want to kick it and watch this show. Can you guys offer any ideas on how to fix this? Or should I just go out and buy a DVD player
