Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISO Testing - Getting Started

just google install ubuntu netbook toshiba portage R100, lmgtfy - http://tinyurl.com/2wsmpdk On 10 September 2010 13:57, Robert Flatters wrote: > Hi there, > > Stupid question, but why has it taken 3 days to install 10.04 onto a > laptop? > > Regards > > Mg_bob > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISO Testing - Getting Started

Hi there, Stupid question, but why has it taken 3 days to install 10.04 onto a laptop? Regards Mg_bob On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Liam Proven wrote: > On 10 September 2010 00:20, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > > I've just spent 3 days solid getting 10.04 onto my toshiba portege R100, > > I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Installing Ubuntu 10.04.1 Desktop

On 10 September 2010 12:18, Simon Greenwood wrote: > That sound like something being able to create an ext3 partition on an NTFS+ > partition, but not swap. You might need to size and format the partitions > manually. > Hi I tried that, I deleted all partitions and then setup swap manually. Same

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Installing Ubuntu 10.04.1 Desktop

That sound like something being able to create an ext3 partition on an NTFS+ partition, but not swap. You might need to size and format the partitions manually. s/ On 10 Sep 2010 11:53, "Jon Farmer" wrote: Hi I tried to install from CD on a machine running Windows 7 Enterprise. I booted from t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Installing Ubuntu 10.04.1 Desktop

On 10.04 Gwibber has suddenly started opening the add account window spontaneously whether Gwibber is running or not. Anyone else getting this? On 10/09/10 11:53, Jon Farmer wrote: Hi I tried to install from CD on a machine running Windows 7 Enterprise. I booted from the CD and told the insta

[ubuntu-uk] Problem Installing Ubuntu 10.04.1 Desktop

Hi I tried to install from CD on a machine running Windows 7 Enterprise. I booted from the CD and told the installer to use the entire disk. However when it came to creating the partitions and formatting them I got a message that it could not mount the swap space. I tried this a couple of times wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

On 10 September 2010 10:06, Tommy Pyatt wrote: > On 10/09/10 09:11, Liam Proven wrote: >> On 9 September 2010 13:35, Tommy Pyatt wrote: >>> I have installed Win7 a number of times, the installation of the system >>> partition seemed pretty default to me. I would have had to go out of my >>> way t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/09/10 09:11, Liam Proven wrote: > On 9 September 2010 13:35, Tommy Pyatt wrote: >> I have installed Win7 a number of times, the installation of the system >> partition seemed pretty default to me. I would have had to go out of my >> way to tell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISO Testing - Getting Started

On 10 September 2010 00:20, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > I've just spent 3 days solid getting 10.04 onto my toshiba portege R100, > I've still not finished Um. That is not really relevant to a discussion about testing the beta of the following version, but if you would like to start a new thread abou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

On 9 September 2010 13:35, Tommy Pyatt wrote: > I have installed Win7 a number of times, the installation of the system > partition seemed pretty default to me. I would have had to go out of my > way to tell it not to do it. I'm sorry, but no, it isn't. I suspect that perhaps if you are seeing a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu release and 42 day celebrations

On 9 September 2010 12:31, John Stevenson wrote: > On 9 September 2010 12:24, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> On 9 September 2010 12:06, John Stevenson wrote: >> > On 9 September 2010 11:50, Alan Pope wrote: >> >> >> >> On 9 September 2010 11:49, John Stevenson wrote: >> >> > Following on from the Wa