See the edit above
I did, but I can’t be sure I didn’t cancel it come to think of it as this one is taking a lot longer and I didn’t get a chance to tick x4 and verify last time. So far this one is going to plan…
It has just played a jaunty tune and said operation successfully completed!
Did the tray cycle ?
If you mean open no, but it has completed it and the whirring has stopped and it says disc is written.
OK, leave the CD in the drive (with the tray closed) and reboot the PC.
Does it boot into Windows, or does it boot to a Peppermint screen with options like
Try Peppermint
Install Peppermint
etc.
etc.
If so, DO NOT at this point select “Install Peppermint” … instead select “Try Peppermint” and hit the Enter key.
If instead it boots directly int XP, let me know.
Ok…brb
OMG!!! It went to Peppermint! So did as you said Mark “try Peppermint.”
EDIT: There is now a white and red Peppermint desktop with install Peppermint in the top left hand corner of the screen!
Am I turning into a Linux geek cos I’m excited!!
Let me know if it boots all the way to a desktop
with an ugly wallpaper, but we can change that later 
It’s prettier than XP and I have plenty of nice wallpapers… 
OK, now to find out if you have a wireless card
Hit Ctrl+Alt+T … a terminal should open
run:
sudo lshw -C network
and tell me if only one or two network cards are listed
[EDIT]
If there’s 2 you’ll get something like this:-
*-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 02 serial: 00:1e:68:d5:92:04 size: 10Mbit/s capacity: 100Mbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s resources: irq:44 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:71010000-71010fff memory:71000000-7100ffff memory:71020000-7103ffff *-network description: Wireless interface product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 01 serial: 00:23:4d:3d:36:01 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=3.8.0-27-generic firmware=N/A ip=172.16.0.5 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg resources: irq:18 memory:75200000-7520ffff
It says command not found and I typed it exactly as you showed.
What did you type ?
Don’t copy paste … type it again please
I typed it again and now it works. It says network disabled description wireless interface capabilities ethernet physical wireless amongst other things I don’t understand!
Yes but how many sections are ther
How many times does a line start with
product:
?
Can’t see anything with product. It starts:
vendor Broadcam Corporation
physical id 1
bus info pci00000 02 01 0
logical name eth0
version 03
serial 0017 08 3d 72 04
capacity 1gbits
width 32 bits
clock 66 mhz
capabilities pm vpd and loads of other numbers
then configuration and loads of other numbers and letters
resources irq 23 memory d0000000 - d0000fff
network disabled
description wireless interface
physical id 1
logical name wlan0
serial 00 14 a5 fb f3 e6
capabilities ethernet physical wireless
configuration braodcats yes driver b43 driver version 3.20 generic f1
rware n/a link no multicast yes wireless IEEE 802.11BG
OK you have a wireless card BUT it’s a broadcom B43xx adapter, so we’ll probably either need to get hold of an ethernet cable from somewhere, or download the firmware on another PC and transfer it across.
Either way, do you want to continue and get rid of Windows tonight or not ?
OK you have a wireless card BUT it's a broadcom B43xx adapter, so we'll probably either need to get hold of an ethernet cable from somewhere, or download the firmware on another PC and transfer it across.
Could it be downloaded onto my portable hardrive plugged into this netbook and then transferred over?
Either way, do you want to continue and get rid of Windows tonight or not ?
I’d love to please! If you don’t mind?
Could it be downloaded onto my portable hardrive plugged into this netbook and then transferred over?
of course … or the USB stick.
OK, click the “Install Peppermint” icon on the desktop … and tell me what you see.
Don’t get ahead of me, because there are certain sections of the installer that need to be done properly.
Great to all…clicking the Peppermint icon now…