On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:00:03 +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:35:44 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> AFAICT there is currently no way to tell update-grub that some (or even
>> all) of the partitions found by os-prober are not needed in the menu.
>
> Well, at least you could ed
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:00:03 +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:35:44 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> AFAICT there is currently no way to tell update-grub that some (or even
>> all) of the partitions found by os-prober are not needed in the menu.
>
> Well, at least you could ed
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:35:44 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote:
> AFAICT there is currently no way to tell update-grub that some (or
> even all) of the partitions found by os-prober are not needed in the
> menu.
Well, at least you could edit /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober.
Line 35 reads:
OSPROBED="`os-pr
On Ma, 26 oct 10, 00:57:45, Charles Kroeger wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:20:01 +0200
> David Van Mosselbeen wrote:
>
> > 3 Windows operating systems
> > (1 win7 and 2 of Vista which i don't have). Had need to run
> > update-grub to get this issue fixed. Well, i still have an issue with
> > sho
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Charles Kroeger
wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:20:01 +0200
> David Van Mosselbeen wrote:
>
>> 3 Windows operating systems
>> (1 win7 and 2 of Vista which i don't have). Had need to run
>> update-grub to get this issue fixed. Well, i still have an issue with
>> s
On 10/26/2010 12:57 AM, Charles Kroeger wrote:
On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:20:01 +0200
David Van Mosselbeen wrote:
3 Windows operating systems
(1 win7 and 2 of Vista which i don't have). Had need to run
update-grub to get this issue fixed. Well, i still have an issue with
showing 3 windows operatin
On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:20:01 +0200
David Van Mosselbeen wrote:
> 3 Windows operating systems
> (1 win7 and 2 of Vista which i don't have). Had need to run
> update-grub to get this issue fixed. Well, i still have an issue with
> showing 3 windows operating systems in the bootloader, but that's
>
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:43:06 -0700, consul tores
wrote:
> 2010/10/23 consul tores :
>> 2010/10/23 David Van Mosselbeen :
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Kinda late to reply on this, but yah...
>>>
>>> My wife own a Compaq laptop with Windows 7 preinstalled. A few days
ago
>>> i
>>> have installed Debian testing (
2010/10/23 consul tores :
> 2010/10/23 David Van Mosselbeen :
>
>> Hi,
>> Kinda late to reply on this, but yah...
>>
>> My wife own a Compaq laptop with Windows 7 preinstalled. A few days ago i
>> have installed Debian testing (the daily netinst cd) on it. I have resized
>> the windows NTFS partiti
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:54:57 +0200, Ogya Chief
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I have just bought a pc with Windows 7 pre-installed and I want to
> partition and install debian on the drive. If I use the debian
installer's
> partitioner, what precautions do I have to take in order not to damage
the
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
> A very good point. I was going to mention that the restore discs provided
> by some vendors (via this method of creating them using a utility provided
> by the vendor) will let you perform a clean OS installation which omits some
> or all
On 10/14/2010 09:35 AM, Preston Boyington wrote:
Mark wrote:
None of this matters if you use Clonezilla. So why even fiddle with it
when there's a great alternative?
I use Clonezilla a great deal, but most people don't think to make an
image of the machine before they start Windows for the f
Mark wrote:
None of this matters if you use Clonezilla. So why even fiddle with it
when there's a great alternative?
I use Clonezilla a great deal, but most people don't think to make an
image of the machine before they start Windows for the first time.
What I'm talking about is having t
On 14/10/2010 08:54 πμ, Tom H wrote:
> 2010/10/14 Γιώργος Πάλλας :
>
>> On 14/10/2010 04:43 πμ, Tom H wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> You can mess with the registry to make another set of recovery disks
>>> if the first set is damaged or unduplicated
>>>
>> This is really unneeded. What I do on fr
2010/10/14 Γιώργος Πάλλας :
> On 14/10/2010 04:43 πμ, Tom H wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
>>> On 10/13/2010 6:43 PM, Tom H wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
wrote:
> Ogya Chief wrote:
>
>> At this stage there is no dat
On 14/10/2010 04:43 πμ, Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
>
>> On 10/13/2010 6:43 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
>>> wrote:
>>>
Ogya Chief wrote:
> At this stage there is no data to
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> On 10/13/2010 8:45 PM, consul tores wrote:
>
>> And, yes, it is possible to create windows 7 recovery DVDs, many times
>> as you wanted.
>
> This isn't universally true. Maybe some manufacturers enforce it and some
> don't. HP does, or has, re
On 10/13/2010 8:45 PM, consul tores wrote:
And, yes, it is possible to create windows 7 recovery DVDs, many times
as you wanted.
This isn't universally true. Maybe some manufacturers enforce it and
some don't. HP does, or has, restricted it to one copy. I never
understood why making multi
On 10/13/2010 8:31 PM, Mark wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Mark Allums
Don't all boxes ship with a utility to create restore DVDs from the
restore partition?!
Often, they do, yes. Typically, it allows exactly one copy to be
created, so, ensure that good media
2010/10/12 Ogya Chief :
> Hi All,
>
> I have just bought a pc with Windows 7 pre-installed and I want to partition
> and install debian on the drive. If I use the debian installer's
> partitioner, what precautions do I have to take in order not to damage the
> Windows partition?
>
> Kind regards,
>
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> On 10/13/2010 6:43 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
>> wrote:
>>> Ogya Chief wrote:
At this stage there is no data to backup. If there is any other thing I
can backup, please let me know.
>
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> On 10/13/2010 6:43 PM, Tom H wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ogya Chief wrote:
>>>
At this stage there is no data to backup. If there is any other thing I
can backup, please let
On 10/13/2010 6:43 PM, Tom H wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
wrote:
Ogya Chief wrote:
At this stage there is no data to backup. If there is any other thing I
can backup, please let me know.
Since most newer computers don't come with a Restore disc, I would suggest
On 10/13/2010 9:25 AM, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 00:24 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote:
I have Win 7 home premium. I will find out what tools for
partitioning/backup came with it and decide on my next course of
action.
Windows comes with a resizer: right click on "my computer">
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
wrote:
> Ogya Chief wrote:
>>
>> At this stage there is no data to backup. If there is any other thing I
>> can backup, please let me know.
>
> Since most newer computers don't come with a Restore disc, I would suggest
> burning the Restore partit
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Joe wrote:
> On 13/10/10 16:52, Mark wrote:
>
>>
>> As a side note, if it came with a big hard drive, from my experience I
>> suggest a 30-40 GB Windows 7 partition (yes it needs that much these
>> days),
>>
>
> That might be conservative. My Win7 is seven months
On 13/10/10 16:52, Mark wrote:
As a side note, if it came with a big hard drive, from my experience I
suggest a 30-40 GB Windows 7 partition (yes it needs that much these days),
That might be conservative. My Win7 is seven months old, and occupies
24GB (no data in that). I didn't make a note
2010/10/12 Γιώργος Πάλλας
>
> For backing up the whole disk before starting with dangerous operations I
> suggest Clonezilla (the open-source equivalent of Ghost). It use it
> regularly and hasn't betrayed me.
> As for the rest procedures, I also suggest you resize the windows partition
> with g
On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 00:24 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote:
>
SNIP
> >
> >
>
> I have Win 7 home premium. I will find out what tools for
> partitioning/backup came with it and decide on my next course of
> action.
Windows comes with a resizer: right click on "my computer" > manage
>diskmanager. The
Ogya Chief wrote:
At this stage there is no data to backup.
If there is any other thing I can backup, please let me know.
Since most newer computers don't come with a Restore disc, I would
suggest burning the Restore partition and any associated "utility"
partition to a DVD. Usually it fi
On 13/10/2010 02:07 μμ, steef wrote:
> Γιώργος Πάλλας schreef:
>> On 13/10/2010 01:24 πμ, Ogya Chief wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> > If you care about Windows 7 at all (e.g., for playing games) you
>>> should
>>> > back up the Win 7 installation completely before starting. How you go
>>> > about it depends on
Γιώργος Πάλλας schreef:
On 13/10/2010 01:24 πμ, Ogya Chief wrote:
> If you care about Windows 7 at all (e.g., for playing games) you
should
> back up the Win 7 installation completely before starting. How you go
> about it depends on your new machine. If it came with recovery
options,
> yo
On 13/10/2010 01:24 πμ, Ogya Chief wrote:
>
>
> > If you care about Windows 7 at all (e.g., for playing games) you should
> > back up the Win 7 installation completely before starting. How you go
> > about it depends on your new machine. If it came with recovery options,
> > you should investigat
On 10/12/2010 5:24 PM, Ogya Chief wrote:
I have Win 7 home premium. I will find out what tools for
partitioning/backup came with it and decide on my next course of action.
The reason to make a complete system snapshot first (and not just your
data) is because Microsoft is greedy and has no se
> If you care about Windows 7 at all (e.g., for playing games) you should
> back up the Win 7 installation completely before starting. How you go
> about it depends on your new machine. If it came with recovery options,
> you should investigate them. With the Ultimate edition, Win 7 comes
On 10/12/2010 2:54 PM, Ogya Chief wrote:
Hi All,
I have just bought a pc with Windows 7 pre-installed and I want to
partition and install debian on the drive. If I use the debian
installer's partitioner, what precautions do I have to take in order not
to damage the Windows partition?
Kind regar
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> From: noela...@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: Partitioning a drive with Windows 7 already installed
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:02:28 +
>
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:54:57 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote:
>
> > I have just bought a pc with
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:54:57 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote:
> I have just bought a pc with Windows 7 pre-installed and I want to
> partition and install debian on the drive. If I use the debian
> installer's partitioner, what precautions do I have to take in order not
> to damage the Windows partition?
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:28:15 -0700
Subject: Re: Partitioning a drive with Windows 7 already installed
From: mamar...@gmail.com
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Ogya Chief wrote:
Hi All,
I have just bought a pc with Windows 7 pre-installed and I
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Ogya Chief wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have just bought a pc with Windows 7 pre-installed and I want to
> partition and install debian on the drive. If I use the debian installer's
> partitioner, what precautions do I have to take in order not to damage the
> Windows
Hi All,
I have just bought a pc with Windows 7 pre-installed and I want to partition
and install debian on the drive. If I use the debian installer's partitioner,
what precautions do I have to take in order not to damage the Windows partition?
Kind regards,
Ogya
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