Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual-Boot Issue

On 2 January 2014 17:58, Anthony Harrington wrote: > Aside from the suggestions already mentioned, there will be a few other > tweaks you can do on either partitions. For the linux one, you might like to > know that 5% of the filesystem is put to the side incase root needs a little > extra space w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual-Boot Issue

On 02/01/14 13:45, Nigel Verity wrote: > Hi > > I dual boot Xubuntu with Windows 7, but use the Windows partition > mainly as additional storage. I am generally running out of disk space > on both Linux and Windows partitions. I do have occasional need for > Windows, so giving that partition entire

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual-Boot Issue

Disk drives are cheep, £50 buys you a decent 1TB disk, better get 2 and set up disk mirroring, or 4 and stripe... -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 2 January 2014 14:11, Liam Proven wrote: > On 2 January 2014 13:45, Nigel Verity wrote: > > I dual boot Xubuntu with Windows 7, but use the Wind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual-Boot Issue

On 2 January 2014 13:45, Nigel Verity wrote: > I dual boot Xubuntu with Windows 7, but use the Windows partition mainly as > additional storage. I am generally running out of disk space on both Linux > and Windows partitions. I do have occasional need for Windows, so giving > that partition entire

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual-Boot Issue

On 2 January 2014 13:45, Nigel Verity wrote: > Hi > > I dual boot Xubuntu with Windows 7, but use the Windows partition mainly > as additional storage. I am generally running out of disk space on both > Linux and Windows partitions. I do have occasional need for Windows, so > giving that partitio

[ubuntu-uk] Dual-Boot Issue

Hi I dual boot Xubuntu with Windows 7, but use the Windows partition mainly as additional storage. I am generally running out of disk space on both Linux and Windows partitions. I do have occasional need for Windows, so giving that partition entirely over to Linux is not an option. Does anybod

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

Brilliant thanks! On Apr 4, 2013 8:17 PM, "alan c" wrote: > In the apps (dash) in ubuntu , something like 'Additional drivers' can be > run, and it will identify if it is 'aware' of any available non free > drivers. These can then be downloaded if needed and enabled. > > alan cocks > > On 04/04/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

In the apps (dash) in ubuntu , something like 'Additional drivers' can be run, and it will identify if it is 'aware' of any available non free drivers. These can then be downloaded if needed and enabled. alan cocks On 04/04/13 19:11, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote: I am of the same opinion. Th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

I am of the same opinion. Thanks. So the free ones, if needed, will be installed automatically? I used to have to install the free one manually in the past. ¿How would I know if I am missing it? On Apr 4, 2013 5:51 PM, "alan c" wrote: > On 03/04/13 20:01, andres wrote: > >> On Apr 3, 2013 8:50 AM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

On 03/04/13 20:01, andres wrote: On Apr 3, 2013 8:50 AM, "alan c-2 [via Ubuntu]" < ml-node+s5n5019943...@n6.nabble.com> wrote: On 03/04/13 07:01, andres wrote: > My question is: how do i get the installer to ask us to install ubuntu side > by side as it used to? Confirm that there are only 3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

On Apr 3, 2013 8:50 AM, "alan c-2 [via Ubuntu]" < ml-node+s5n5019943...@n6.nabble.com> wrote: > > On 03/04/13 07:01, andres wrote: > > My question is: how do i get the installer to ask us to install ubuntu side > > by side as it used to? > > Confirm that there are only 3 partitions (or less) existi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

On 03/04/13 07:01, andres wrote: My question is: how do i get the installer to ask us to install ubuntu side by side as it used to? Confirm that there are only 3 partitions (or less) existing - you need two new partitions for Ubuntu (system and swap). You would maybe expect to create an exten

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

Hi did this message get to people on the mailing list? In Reply To Dual boot 12.10 64bit Mar 26, 2013; 10:02pm — by Andres Muniz Andres Muniz Hello all, I just tried to help a friend install ubuntu12.04 64bit on an hp laptop. The laptop has windows7 64 bit it seems to have a 1meg partitio

[ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

Hello all, I just tried to help a friend install ubuntu12.04 64bit on an hp laptop. The laptop has windows7 64 bit it seems to have a 1meg partition, a 200meg partition, the recovery stuff that windows seems to do nowadays and the actual windows partition. This last partition was reduced to 100+

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot Windows 8 directions.......

The Ubuntu installer is able to take care of partitioning with Windows 8. Heres a video I did on it a few months ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LokDqte3sA4 Regards, Ivan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot Windows 8 directions.......

On 24/08/2012 20:14, Avi Greenbury wrote: scoundrel50a wrote: http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/slideshow-create-a-dual-boot-machine-for-windows-8/6380349?tag=nl.e064 This appears to be instructions on dual booting two windowses. Is dual-booting Windows with a non-Windows notably different in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot Windows 8 directions.......

scoundrel50a wrote: > http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/slideshow-create-a-dual-boot-machine-for-windows-8/6380349?tag=nl.e064 > This appears to be instructions on dual booting two windowses. Is dual-booting Windows with a non-Windows notably different in Windows 8 to how it was before? -- A

[ubuntu-uk] Dual boot Windows 8 directions.......

http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/slideshow-create-a-dual-boot-machine-for-windows-8/6380349?tag=nl.e064 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 14 May 2012 20:41, Norman Silverstone wrote: > Many thanks to those who went to the trouble to help and guide me. I am > now a little older and a lot wiser. Without doubt, the easiest way to do > what I wanted is to open the box, disconnect the second drive, install > the OSs, test, reconnect t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

Many thanks to those who went to the trouble to help and guide me. I am now a little older and a lot wiser. Without doubt, the easiest way to do what I wanted is to open the box, disconnect the second drive, install the OSs, test, reconnect the second drive and close the box. Norman -- ubuntu-u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 14 May 2012 18:13, Barry Drake wrote: > On 14/05/12 13:41, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> That is true and correct, AFAICS, but to be honest, it would probably be >> easier just to reinstall. Norman: at a minimum, you need 2 partitions. I >> suggest you shrink the Windows partition by about half and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

> space on your windows drive. If it is vista or win7 then I would > consider first asking windows to shrink ITSELF, you may get fewer > subsequent problems in windows then. > this probably was already mentioned but i would defragment windows first. As it doesn't need to fragment in ubuntu i o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 14/05/12 13:41, Liam Proven wrote: That is true and correct, AFAICS, but to be honest, it would probably be easier just to reinstall. Norman: at a minimum, you need 2 partitions. I suggest you shrink the Windows partition by about half and use the rest of the space for an Extended partition.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 13 May 2012 21:20, Barry Drake wrote: > On 13/05/12 21:03, Bill Baker wrote: >> >> Norman, please wait for further advice before trying my suggestion; but if >> this was my machine I would now boot directly to Ubuntu from the live CD & >> from there I would try "grub-install /dev/sda" [or sdx w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

Hi Norman, I think the only mistake you made (for future reference out to help others) was to install grub to the partition rather than the whole of the boot drive. To recover now, you boot the live CD and reinstall grub, as others have suggested. The complete list of instructions is on the grub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 13/05/12 21:03, Bill Baker wrote: Norman, please wait for further advice before trying my suggestion; but if this was my machine I would now boot directly to Ubuntu from the live CD & from there I would try "grub-install /dev/sda" [or sdx where x is the boot drive] from a terminal. However,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On Sun, 2012-05-13 at 20:45 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > Barry, using gparted, the HDD containing Windows XP Pro was partitioned > as you described and all seemed well. The installation process was > started and do something else selected. The partition allocated ext4 was > chosen and then I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

Barry, using gparted, the HDD containing Windows XP Pro was partitioned as you described and all seemed well. The installation process was started and do something else selected. The partition allocated ext4 was chosen and then I was warned that I needed to indicate a boot partition so I chose this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

> > I can understand and follow all that you say and, viewed > > theoretically, it is very good. Where I am at a complete loss is how > > to practically modify the partition containing Windows. I suppose I > > should read up on gparted before going any further. Norman > > gparted is easy! Fi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 13/05/12 16:47, Norman Silverstone wrote: I can understand and follow all that you say and, viewed theoretically, it is very good. Where I am at a complete loss is how to practically modify the partition containing Windows. I suppose I should read up on gparted before going any further. Norm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

> > That's OK Barry, not to worry, time is on my side. I forget to mention > > that although I have used Ubuntu since Warty the emphasis is on used > > and not fiddled with. Instructions I can usually follow but age is not > > on my side (84 years young) Norman > > Right. I'm a kid of only 70

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 12 May 2012 17:38, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I have a new PC with two HDDs and I am trying to install Windows and > Ubuntu on one of the drives keeping the other for data and so on. In the > past I have dual booted many machines without any difficulty but this is > the first time I have tried

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 13/05/12 08:49, Norman Silverstone wrote: That's OK Barry, not to worry, time is on my side. I forget to mention that although I have used Ubuntu since Warty the emphasis is on used and not fiddled with. Instructions I can usually follow but age is not on my side (84 years young) Just a th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 13/05/12 08:49, Norman Silverstone wrote: That's OK Barry, not to worry, time is on my side. I forget to mention that although I have used Ubuntu since Warty the emphasis is on used and not fiddled with. Instructions I can usually follow but age is not on my side (84 years young) Norman Ri

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

> > Barry, I would be most grateful if you could point me in the right > > direction. I know that one of the options is to do something else. I > > have looked at that where the drives are listed but I am uncertain > > what to do thereafter. > > Got a lot to do tonight - it will be tomorrow a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 12/05/12 21:04, Norman Silverstone wrote: Andy, all I know is that if there is one drive and the installer is instructed to install along side Windows, then the installer partitions the drive accordingly and gets on with the installation. So,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 12/05/12 18:39, Norman Silverstone wrote: Barry, I would be most grateful if you could point me in the right direction. I know that one of the options is to do something else. I have looked at that where the drives are listed but I am uncertain what to do thereafter. Norman Got a lot to d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

> > Andy, all I know is that if there is one drive and the > installer is > instructed to install along side Windows, then the installer > partitions > the drive accordingly and gets on with the installation. So, > are you > suggesti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 12 May 2012 19:42, Norman Silverstone wrote: > On Sat, 2012-05-12 at 18:47 +0100, Andy Braben wrote: > > > > > > On 12 May 2012 18:39, Norman Silverstone > > wrote: > > > > > > I have a new PC with two HDDs and I am trying to install > > Windows and > > > > Ubuntu on o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On Sat, 2012-05-12 at 18:47 +0100, Andy Braben wrote: > > > On 12 May 2012 18:39, Norman Silverstone > wrote: > > > > I have a new PC with two HDDs and I am trying to install > Windows and > > > Ubuntu on one of the drives keeping the other for data and >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 12 May 2012 18:39, Norman Silverstone wrote: > > > > I have a new PC with two HDDs and I am trying to install Windows and > > > Ubuntu on one of the drives keeping the other for data and so on. In > the > > > past I have dual booted many machines without any difficulty but this > is > > > the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

> > I have a new PC with two HDDs and I am trying to install Windows and > > Ubuntu on one of the drives keeping the other for data and so on. In the > > past I have dual booted many machines without any difficulty but this is > > the first time I have tried with a machine with 2 drives and there

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 12/05/12 17:38, Norman Silverstone wrote: I have a new PC with two HDDs and I am trying to install Windows and Ubuntu on one of the drives keeping the other for data and so on. In the past I have dual booted many machines without any difficulty but this is the first time I have tried with a ma

[ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

I have a new PC with two HDDs and I am trying to install Windows and Ubuntu on one of the drives keeping the other for data and so on. In the past I have dual booted many machines without any difficulty but this is the first time I have tried with a machine with 2 drives and there are problems. Ins

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot user does self conversion

On 17/10/11 14:12, Avi Greenbury wrote: > alan c wrote: > >> I just received this (now slightly edited) email from an acquaintance >> who is keen to use FLOSS, and has helped with advocacy, but who has >> until now been using dual boot or just live CD methods - since early >> 2008. Over three ye

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot user does self conversion

alan c wrote: > I just received this (now slightly edited) email from an acquaintance > who is keen to use FLOSS, and has helped with advocacy, but who has > until now been using dual boot or just live CD methods - since early > 2008. Over three years. This is the sort of time scale I have found

[ubuntu-uk] Dual boot user does self conversion

I just received this (now slightly edited) email from an acquaintance who is keen to use FLOSS, and has helped with advocacy, but who has until now been using dual boot or just live CD methods - since early 2008. Over three years. This is the sort of time scale I have found to be relevant if a pr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot splash screen - Ubuntu 10.04, grub 2

On 2 September 2010 11:26, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: >  Dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. > Every time there's a kernel update I get a new entry in the grub 2 boot > screen > I am very confused on how to edit this new version of Grub - in the old > days I just edited menu.1st file. > Wha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot splash screen - Ubuntu 10.04, grub 2

On 02/09/10 12:17, John Stevenson wrote: > You may need to update grup using the command: > > sudo update-grup2 /usr/sbin/update-grub2 simply calls update-grub. when a new kernel is installed (say via an update), or a mew module is built using dkms, then the script /usr/sbin/update-grub automat

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot splash screen - Ubuntu 10.04, grub 2

On 2 September 2010 11:26, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. > Every time there's a kernel update I get a new entry in the grub 2 boot > screen > I am very confused on how to edit this new version of Grub - in the old > days I just edited menu.1st file. > Wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot splash screen - Ubuntu 10.04, grub 2

On 02/09/2010 11:39, Steve Fisher wrote: On 2 September 2010 11:26, Gordon Burgess-Parker > wrote: Dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. Every time there's a kernel update I get a new entry in the grub 2 boot screen I am very confused on how to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot splash screen - Ubuntu 10.04, grub 2

On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 11:26 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. > Every time there's a kernel update I get a new entry in the grub 2 boot > screen > I am very confused on how to edit this new version of Grub - in the old > days I just edited menu.1st fil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot splash screen - Ubuntu 10.04, grub 2

On 2 September 2010 11:26, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. > Every time there's a kernel update I get a new entry in the grub 2 boot > screen > I am very confused on how to edit this new version of Grub - in the old > days I just edited menu.1st file. > Wh

[ubuntu-uk] Dual boot splash screen - Ubuntu 10.04, grub 2

Dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. Every time there's a kernel update I get a new entry in the grub 2 boot screen I am very confused on how to edit this new version of Grub - in the old days I just edited menu.1st file. What I'm aiming for is just two entries - Ubuntu and Windows. Can th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 13:51 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > On 27/07/10 13:21, Barry Titterton wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 17:55 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > > > >> When installing, it's dead easy. Choose custom disk partitioning, give > >> about 10-20GB to the root partition (called "/") and the res

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On 27/07/10 13:21, Barry Titterton wrote: > On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 17:55 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > >> When installing, it's dead easy. Choose custom disk partitioning, give >> about 10-20GB to the root partition (called "/") and the rest to >> /home, leaving about 2GB at the end for a swap partiti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 17:55 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > When installing, it's dead easy. Choose custom disk partitioning, give > about 10-20GB to the root partition (called "/") and the rest to > /home, leaving about 2GB at the end for a swap partition. > Liam, I didn't find it dead easy when I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

Thank you all for your most helpful advice. I shall sleep on it and then make a decision, Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

Please take a look at the grub man pages. You certainly used to be able to create a grub *device map* file that would allow it to tell the OS that its drive was the the first one, e.g. sda even if it according to the BIOS it was sdb. I would be surprised if this feature has been removed as it i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On 26 July 2010 17:41, Norman Silverstone wrote: > You could be right but this presupposes that I know how to do such a > thing which, for the record, I do not. When installing, it's dead easy. Choose custom disk partitioning, give about 10-20GB to the root partition (called "/") and the rest to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:56:00 +0100 Norman Silverstone wrote: > > > > > > > > > Having done this, the hardest/longest part of this is getting all the > > correct drivers into Windows. > > What I did was plug just the windows drive into the machine and get that > > sorted with the correct dri

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

> >> > I do understand that and the drive I have is large enough to dual boot > >> > on that drive the problem is that it already has Ubuntu installed on it > >> > and I therefore assumed that it would be easier to dual boot by adding > >> > the extra drive. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > How does t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On 26 July 2010 16:43, Norman Silverstone wrote: > >> >> > I do understand that and the drive I have is large enough to dual boot >> > on that drive the problem is that it already has Ubuntu installed on it >> > and I therefore assumed that it would be easier to dual boot by adding >> > the extra

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

> > > > > > > However, I expect that the > > > > current version of Grub is not the same as the old one and would much > > > > appreciate it if someone would be kind enough to tell me whether or not > > > > what I propose is feasible. > > > > > > It certainly is and you don't need 2 HDs to do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

> > > I do understand that and the drive I have is large enough to dual boot > > on that drive the problem is that it already has Ubuntu installed on it > > and I therefore assumed that it would be easier to dual boot by adding > > the extra drive. > > > > > > > > How does this affect your sugge

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:26:25 +0100 Norman Silverstone wrote: > Thanks Liam > > > > > However, I expect that the > > > current version of Grub is not the same as the old one and would much > > > appreciate it if someone would be kind enough to tell me whether or not > > > what I propose is fea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On 26/07/10 14:40, Norman Silverstone wrote: > Some time ago I had a desktop machine which had been set up with 2 HDDs > one running Ubuntu and the other Windows XP Pro. Unfortunately this > machine is no longer in the land of the living and I am considering > setting up another machine with a simi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On 26 July 2010 15:26, Norman Silverstone wrote: > Thanks Liam > > > >>  However, I expect that the >> > current version of Grub is not the same as the old one and would much >> > appreciate it if someone would be kind enough to tell me whether or not >> > what I propose is feasible. >> >> It cer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On 26 July 2010 15:26, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I do understand that and the drive I have is large enough to dual boot > on that drive the problem is that it already has Ubuntu installed on it > and I therefore assumed that it would be easier to dual boot by adding > the extra drive. > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

Thanks Liam > However, I expect that the > > current version of Grub is not the same as the old one and would much > > appreciate it if someone would be kind enough to tell me whether or not > > what I propose is feasible. > > It certainly is and you don't need 2 HDs to do it. A single large o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On 26/07/10 14:49, Liam Proven wrote: On 26 July 2010 14:40, Norman Silverstone wrote: Some time ago I had a desktop machine which had been set up with 2 HDDs one running Ubuntu and the other Windows XP Pro. Unfortunately this machine is no longer in the land of the living and I am consider

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

On 26 July 2010 14:40, Norman Silverstone wrote: > Some time ago I had a desktop machine which had been set up with 2 HDDs > one running Ubuntu and the other Windows XP Pro. Unfortunately this > machine is no longer in the land of the living and I am considering > setting up another machine with a

[ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

Some time ago I had a desktop machine which had been set up with 2 HDDs one running Ubuntu and the other Windows XP Pro. Unfortunately this machine is no longer in the land of the living and I am considering setting up another machine with a similar configuration. The intention would be Ubuntu 10.0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Boot or Virtual Machine? (Win 7 and 10.04)

On 08/07/10 17:29, Gordon wrote: > Apologies if this is a duplicate - the original seems to have > disappeared into the ether > > My Laptop is a Toshiba Satellite L40 with a 2-core 1.6 MHz Pentium > processor, 2GB RAM (the maximum the machine will take) and an 80 GB SATA > HDD. > My dilemma is

[ubuntu-uk] Dual Boot or Virtual Machine? (Win 7 and 10.04)

Apologies if this is a duplicate - the original seems to have disappeared into the ether My Laptop is a Toshiba Satellite L40 with a 2-core 1.6 MHz Pentium processor, 2GB RAM (the maximum the machine will take) and an 80 GB SATA HDD. My dilemma is this: The machine has no built-in microphon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot on Macbook problems

Ah -- apparently this is a known bug in Ubuntu-mac installations.If you get rEFIt first, that can ease the pain. In the end, I created a bootable rEFIt disk, used the partition tool on that to synch the drive (the tool asked me if I would let it fix it & I said yes), and then restored the working e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot on Macbook problems

Cheers for that -- I'm thinking the same way, after seeing how hot the ext drive is getting as a boot drive! 2009/2/10 Michael Holloway > Doug, I'm no Mac user but I would throw caution to the wind when dual > booting between and internal and external hard drive. Could cause > problems with the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot on Macbook problems

Doug, I'm no Mac user but I would throw caution to the wind when dual booting between and internal and external hard drive. Could cause problems with the MBR/active/boot partition being in the wrong location when the drive is removed etc. I would suggest partitioning the internal hard drive and ha

[ubuntu-uk] Dual boot on Macbook problems

Hi -- I tried last night to install Ubuntu on an external FW drive on my Macbook.It wouldn't reboot from the external drive, and managed to kill the install on my main HD -- hopefully the drive itself is ok, but I'm not sure (I can see it in the restore list). I tried restoring from TimeMachine to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot with Vista

Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > Sean Miller wrote: >> Folks, >> >> I've just got a new laptop, bright and shiny with loads of memory and >> gratuitous amounts of hard disk space... >> >> It runs Vista, every rose has its thorns... >> >> What's the latest on dual boot issues? Are there any? Am I l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot with Vista

Sean Miller wrote: > Folks, > > I've just got a new laptop, bright and shiny with loads of memory and > gratuitous amounts of hard disk space... > > It runs Vista, every rose has its thorns... > > What's the latest on dual boot issues? Are there any? Am I likely to > cause issues with Vis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot with Vista

Hi Sean, I got a new laptop a few weeks ago and had no issues with dual booting Vista and Ubuntu, it all worked smoothly which surprised me! Regards, Andrew On 22/03/2008, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Folks, > > I've just got a new laptop, bright and shiny with loads of memory and

[ubuntu-uk] Dual boot with Vista

Folks, I've just got a new laptop, bright and shiny with loads of memory and gratuitous amounts of hard disk space... It runs Vista, every rose has its thorns... What's the latest on dual boot issues? Are there any? Am I likely to cause issues with Vista if I go for a default Ubuntu install, o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 15:09 +, Michael Holloway wrote: > Norman. > > is suspect something the following would work, but i dont have a dual > boot machine around to have a look at the settings... > > > title Windows > map (hd0) (hd1) > map (hd1) (hd0) > root (hd0,0) > makeactive > chainloade

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

> norman wrote: > > ( snip ) > > > >> I don't know if it helps at all, but my menu.lst is set up with this at > >> the end (automagically added, not manually by me, I might add): > >> > >> title Microsoft Windows XP Professional > >> root (hd0,0) > >> savedefault > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

Norman. is suspect something the following would work, but i dont have a dual boot machine around to have a look at the settings... title Windows map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 If not, can you type "sudo fdisk -l" in your terminal and paste it in a reply

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

norman wrote: > ( snip ) > >> I don't know if it helps at all, but my menu.lst is set up with this at >> the end (automagically added, not manually by me, I might add): >> >> titleMicrosoft Windows XP Professional >> root (hd0,0) >> savedefault >> makeactive >> chainloader

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

( snip ) > I don't know if it helps at all, but my menu.lst is set up with this at > the end (automagically added, not manually by me, I might add): > > title Microsoft Windows XP Professional > root (hd0,0) > savedefault > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > I don't know if the e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 13:12 +, norman wrote: > Old nuisance is here again - Happy New Year - I had a sata hdd for > Christmas on to which I installed Win XP Pro having first disconnected > the Ubuntu hdd. Then, with both drives connected I confirmed that the > Ubuntu drive is hd0 and the Windo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

Sorry at the end it should have been chainloader +1 Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] dual boot

Old nuisance is here again - Happy New Year - I had a sata hdd for Christmas on to which I installed Win XP Pro having first disconnected the Ubuntu hdd. Then, with both drives connected I confirmed that the Ubuntu drive is hd0 and the Windows drive is hd1. At the end of menu.lst in Grub folder I a

[ubuntu-uk] dual boot

I know we have been here before but this time it is different. Everything seems to work both Windows XP Pro and Edubuntu. I think 2 things made all the difference, the first was completely removing the MBR from the first install and the second was making sure that the Windows XP was fully upto date

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

> Are both drives now detected? No, unfortunately. > > Does windows start up fine now, without the satat drive plugged in? No it doesn't and I have decided to give up for now and do what everyone advises me to do, dual boot on the one drive. But, never fear, this is not the end of the project.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

Are both drives now detected? Does windows start up fine now, without the satat drive plugged in? Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 29 November 2007 08:40 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 21:52 +, Daniel Lamb wrote: > Check your cd drive is set to master and your bios is set to detect ide > devices, That's a point, the cd drive is set to slave, I'll change it. IDE devices are detected because the CD drive is shown. > > Also while you are there check how

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

< snip > > You don't write to the MBR like you would a partition, this is taken > care of by the bootloader install program. If you were installing > Windows to the same drive as Ubuntu you'd hit problems because Windows > would rewrite the MBR with its own simpleton loader instead of Grub. > When

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 28 November 2007 21:33 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot The plot thickens some more. I managed to get at the BIOS and the drive is not recognised there. I checked most carefully to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

The plot thickens some more. I managed to get at the BIOS and the drive is not recognised there. I checked most carefully to make sure that the cable was properly seated and it seemed OK. Bearing in mind that it is on the same cable as the CD drive could it be because I set the jumper to slave or i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

norman wrote: MBR, can you post the menu.lst and device.map files the from /boot/grub/ directory to the pastebin (or to this list)? Then we can see the current configuration and maybe make suggestions about what needs to be changed. Please explain to this ignorant one what is the MBR and how

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

norman wrote: If I'm following correctly, the Ubuntu drive is SATA. Therefore it doesn't come into master/slave debate. That is correct and interesting. Does that mean I could just plug in another SATA drive without having to worry about setting jumpers etc? I don't have much experience

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