Just a quick follow-up from our previous discussions about viruses on
Linux. This is why we still need to be careful:
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http://digitizor.com/2009/12/10/ubuntu-malware-for-ddos-attack-found-in-screensaver/
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http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/12/malware-found-in-screensaver-for-ubuntu.html
2009/12/14 Paul Gear :
> Backups and common sense are your most valuable allies!
And the common sense one is basically don't download and install stuff
from a 3rd party that you don't know and/or trust. Myself I am weary
of 3rd party repositories even when they have a gpg signature.
One thi
Dale wrote:
> ...
> One thing I have noticed is that when a distro like Ubuntu is/still
> gaining in popularity there has/is more 3rd party repositories popping
> up too.
>
> Best advice I can give is that if you start to question yourself/bad
> feeling on installing something from a 3rd party site
I get this message now and again when I start my computer "Error 18
Selected cylinders exceeds maximum supported by BIOS.
can anyone help
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Chris Taylor wrote:
> I get this message now and again when I start my computer "Error 18
> Selected cylinders exceeds maximum supported by BIOS.
> can anyone help
Is your hard disk (or RAID set) larger than 2 TB? If so, more than
likely you'll not be able to boot from it at all.
If it only hap
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:58:55 +1000, Paul Gear wrote:
> Chris Taylor wrote:
>> I get this message now and again when I start my computer "Error 18
>> Selected cylinders exceeds maximum supported by BIOS. can anyone help
>
> If it only happens intermittently, you may have a hardware problem which
Chris Taylor wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:58:55 +1000, Paul Gear wrote:
>
>
>> Chris Taylor wrote:
>>
>>> I get this message now and again when I start my computer "Error 18
>>> Selected cylinders exceeds maximum supported by BIOS. can anyone help
>>>
>
>
>> If it only happens
>From what I can gather, this occurs when GRUB2 in Ubuntu 9.10 has to read
across 2 drives. GRUB2 seems to be rather buggy.
I have found that GRUB2 is intolerably slow when reading across 2 hard
drives.
You may find a solution if you do a clean install of 9.10 - although I
cannot promise that.
