On 07/02/2015 06:01 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Craig Goodyear wrote:
What's really needed are logs, to troubleshoot why there's a boot
failure. What's supposed to happen if you're dropped to emergency mode
by dracut, is you get an rdsosreport.txt produced that typ
Hi,
>> > I've used journalctl to do some really basic things, but I'm trying to
>> > use it to view the former /var/log/maillog, and haven't been able to
>> > figure out how.
>> >
>> > I understand I can use it to search for a specific priority, but
>> > haven't figure out how to show only today's
I've finally decided to have a go at fixing the problem where the Windows 8
option disappeared from my GRUB menu when I upgraded from F19 to F20.
Working through various Google responses I've found that i had a load of stuff
missing, including
* .mod files
* /boot/etc/EFI/Microsoft
I installe
New to Fedora OS use.
Have windows 7 currently on laptop
Want to install Fedora
Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
Need suggestion on how to begin
Need complete step thru process
Real new to conversion process
Thanks
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On Fri, 2015-07-03 at 12:57 -0400, Nikkita Miles wrote:
> New to Fedora OS use.
> Have windows 7 currently on laptop
> Want to install Fedora
> Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
> Need suggestion on how to begin
> Need complete step thru process
> Real new to conversion process
http
There's an awful lot going on here. And to vent, I'm going to start
out by saying dual boot sucks. It's not you, users are sane, and dual
boot support on Linux just sucks. OK...
On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Gary Stainburn
wrote:
> I've finally decided to have a go at fixing the problem where
On 07/03/2015 12:57 PM, Nikkita Miles wrote:
> New to Fedora OS use.
> Have windows 7 currently on laptop
you can leave windows & make it a dual-boot system if you want.. never
know when you might NEED windows...
> Want to install Fedora
> Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
there is no
On 2015-07-03 12:57, Nikkita Miles wrote:
> New to Fedora OS use.
> Have windows 7 currently on laptop
> Want to install Fedora
> Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
> Need suggestion on how to begin
> Need complete step thru process
> Real new to conversion process
If you don't alrea
On 07/03/2015 10:36 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
there is no best, only what suits you best.. KDE is the BIGGEST,
size-wise, and maybe the most windows-like. I use MATE desktop, it just
suits me best.
If you want the old-school Windows look, it's real easy to get Xfce
looking just the way you wa
On 07/03/2015 11:36 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 07/03/2015 12:57 PM, Nikkita Miles wrote:
Need suggestion on how to begin
you will need to either shrink your windows partition, using a windows
program, or blow it all away & install fedora, your choice..
I have an old Windows (Not made by
Windows 7 itself can shrink NTFS volumes just fine. What it doesn't do
(or I haven't figure out how to do it) is grow them.
And also Fedora includes ntfsprogs which can shrink NTFS volumes. It
marks the fs dirty so the next time Windows boots it will want to
chkdsk the volume, which is normal. The
On 07/03/2015 12:15 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
Windows 7 itself can shrink NTFS volumes just fine. What it doesn't do
(or I haven't figure out how to do it) is grow them.
And also Fedora includes ntfsprogs which can shrink NTFS volumes. It
marks the fs dirty so the next time Windows boots it will
On 07/03/15 10:09, Gary Stainburn wrote:
<>
> I then mkdir /boot/etc/EFI/Microsoft/Boot and copied bootmgfw.efi
> from /windows/Windows/Boot/EFI/bootmgfw.efi to /boot/etc/EFI/Microsoft/Boot
>
> However, although I've fixed most of the error messages, I've still got the
> error:
.
SWAG:
> ef
On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 12:42 PM, g wrote:
> did you by chances in creating files and paths create a file with;
>
>/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
>
> when it should have been;
>
>/boot/etc/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
>
> thereby causing such an error?
/boot/etc/EFI doesn't make any
On 07/03/15 11:57, Nikkita Miles wrote:
> New to Fedora OS use.
> Have windows 7 currently on laptop
> Want to install Fedora
> Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
> Need suggestion on how to begin
> Need complete step thru process
> Real new to conversion process
as mentioned, you may
On 07/03/15 15:07, Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 12:42 PM, g wrote:
>> did you by chances in creating files and paths create a file with;
>>
>>/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
>>
>> when it should have been;
>>
>>/boot/etc/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
>>
>> thereby caus
On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 2:19 PM, g wrote:
>
>
> On 07/03/15 15:07, Chris Murphy wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 12:42 PM, g wrote:
>>> did you by chances in creating files and paths create a file with;
>>>
>>>/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
>>>
>>> when it should have been;
>>>
>>>/boot/
On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 6:43 AM, Craig Goodyear wrote:
> On 07/02/2015 06:01 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Craig Goodyear
>> wrote:
>
>
>> What's really needed are logs, to troubleshoot why there's a boot
>> failure. What's supposed to happen if you're dropped to em
Given how many reinstalls you've done, I suspect a hardware problem.
Instead of waiting for it to happen again, you could do two things.
Post the output from
smartctl -x /dev/sdX###where X is the letter for the drive that
you've installed Fedora
And after that, over the weekend if you can af
Nikkita,
I fully second the idea of trying out a LiveCD (albeit using a USB) first --
here are some instructions that i came across:
https://kororaproject.org/support/documentation/creating-bootable-media -- and
then seeing how things go.
Btw, since you are totally new, you may actually want
On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> If an rdsosreport.txt is created, there's a hint displayed where to
> find it.
Example:
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/71011/how-do-i-get-past-the-dracula-emergency-hell/
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On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 11:57, Nikkita Miles wrote:
New to Fedora OS use.
Have windows 7 currently on laptop
Want to install Fedora
Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
Need suggestion on how to begin
Need complete step thru process
Real new to conversion process
On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
/snip/
I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
It resizes partitions on all windows.
/snip/
JD
Unfortunately there is no informat
On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Doug wrote:
>
>
> On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>
> /snip/
>>>
>>>
>> I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
>> Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
>> It resiz
On 07/03/15 18:33, Doug wrote:
> On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>> On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
> /snip/
>> I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
>> Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
>> It resizes partitions on all windows.
jd1008,
what
On 07/03/2015 05:33 PM, Doug wrote:
On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
/snip/
I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
It resizes partitions on all windows.
/snip/
On 07/03/15 19:27, Chris Murphy wrote:
<<>>
> Boot Windows to a recovery console, and chkdsk /f and then reboot.
> Defragment with Window's built in utility. Shrink with Window's built
> in utility. That's what I'd suggest. I wouldn't use any 3rd party
> utility for this, except maybe ntfsprogs
On 07/03/15 19:54, jd1008 wrote:
> On 07/03/2015 05:33 PM, Doug wrote:
<<>>
>> Unfortunately there is no information at this url, just the zip file.
>> Do you know if it will move the files that Windows puts way out about
>> halfway thru the existing partition, that normally limits how far you
>
On 07/03/2015 06:53 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 18:33, Doug wrote:
On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
/snip/
I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
It resizes partitions on all
On 07/03/2015 06:58 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 19:27, Chris Murphy wrote:
<<>>
Boot Windows to a recovery console, and chkdsk /f and then reboot.
Defragment with Window's built in utility. Shrink with Window's built
in utility. That's what I'd suggest. I wouldn't use any 3rd party
utility for
On 07/03/2015 07:17 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 19:54, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/03/2015 05:33 PM, Doug wrote:
<<>>
Unfortunately there is no information at this url, just the zip file.
Do you know if it will move the files that Windows puts way out about
halfway thru the existing partition, that n
On 07/03/15 20:41, jd1008 wrote:
> On 07/03/2015 06:53 PM, g wrote:
>> On 07/03/15 18:33, Doug wrote:
>>> On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
It resiz
On 07/03/15 20:55, jd1008 wrote:
> On 07/03/2015 06:58 PM, g wrote:
>> On 07/03/15 19:27, Chris Murphy wrote:
>> <<>>
>>
>>> Boot Windows to a recovery console, and chkdsk /f and then reboot.
>>> Defragment with Window's built in utility. Shrink with Window's built
>>> in utility. That's what I'd
On 07/03/2015 08:01 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 20:41, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/03/2015 06:53 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 18:33, Doug wrote:
On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-
On 07/03/15 20:58, jd1008 wrote:> On 07/03/2015 07:17 PM, g wrote:
>> On 07/03/15 19:54, jd1008 wrote:
>>> It can either shrink or expand a partition.
>>>
>>> You must be careful to leave enough room in the
>>> windows partition because it uses free disk space for swap.
>> .
>> actually
On 07/03/2015 08:27 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 20:58, jd1008 wrote:> On 07/03/2015 07:17 PM, g wrote:
then you are recommending something that you have no experiance with?
I mean the util did not have or report such issues.
It just shrunk sda1 and I had plenty of room to add p2 and p3.
Win7
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