What is really sad is all the perfectly good computers being thrown away because of this defunct business model.
They all get sent to the far-East to pollute the ground water.. Doesn't bear thinking about.

Here you go:
http://pastebin.com/S9ySzu79

I'll admit I'm a newbie, so any help or pointers gratefully received.

It's not really holding up the boot process, so if everything is working except the winmodem I wouldn't worry about it.

As I said, if you didn't manually elect to use the btrfs file system during installaton, uninstalling btrfs-tools should get rid of the btrfs message and *possibly* hide the other message too (which I suspect is just being dragged along for the ride).

If you're unsure if you're using btrfs, post the output from:

and

sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders, total 78140160 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000dff90

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 76175359 38086656 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 76177406 78139391 980993 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 76177408 78139391 980992 82 Linux swap / Solaris

sudo blkid

/dev/sda1: UUID="74f7922e-71d8-4aa1-94f5-69e1a583aec4" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: UUID="aa49be6b-e45c-45b5-bae1-f20eb3106ae8" TYPE="swap"

yeah, you're safe to remove it .. run:

then reboot to see if the message has disappeared.

Heh! I've been lurking in this thread.

Glad to see someone else that appreciates vintage equipment.

The laptop I'm on, right now, was built in 2008 (according to the Dell service tag), and it's the fastest machine in my stable, thanks to Peppermint Four Re-Spin and, of course, the newly installed SSD.

This thing was probably pushing $4000+ (going by reviews), when it was purchased by some clueless corporate entity. I bought it on Fleabay, a couple of months ago, for pennies_on_the_wholesale_dollar.

That's the plus side of staying behind the curve. I hope they never figure it out... LoL!

1.Did as suggested.. rebooted.. same message!
Ah well.

2. Old laptops.
Are OK, but the inevitable dead battery means that a new one is normally a good buy.

However, I don't really approve of filling the world with loads of horrible leaky old batteries that find their way into the landfill, dripping horrible chemicals into the ecosystem.

What ? .. you mean you're still getting the Btrfs message too ?

Same as previously.. I think I am going to have to live with it until I get afford a computer that is post-2003.