RAID intel rst, dual boot Win7 + 12.04.3. error: no such device
Hi, I am an Absolute Beginner. Many failed installs led me to various forum posts indicating ubuntu *alternate* should probably be used with RAID 1. This led me to download Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS (Precise...
View ArticleInstall hellp any distro flavour of Ubuntu on PPCg5 iMac
Hi guys,i have a Imac g5 ppc i think is an IBM type. i've tryed to install ubuntu 12.04,12,10,13.04 but i could never intall i never could pass the terminal log in, now i was abligated to go to Debian...
View ArticleIs this an upgrade problem or hardware issues?
Running 12.04 and MATE 1.6, after a recent upgrade I seem to have lots of processes running that were never running before, the system is slow, and my web development system is misbehaving. I'm not...
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[SOLVED] wanting to erase a usb to make live-usb ; problems erasing it
a few weeks ago i thought to try and see what Opensuse looked like and installed latest to my 8Gb usb using imagewriter which is the one recommended now i want to erase usb to put 13.04 on it but it...
View Article[ubuntu] How to add additional drivers to ubuntu installation cd
Who has experience with adding additional drivers to Ubuntu installation CD. I am trying to add network driver to Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS. Tried to use this manual:...
View Article[kubuntu] Install Problem - Samsung SSD
I'm trying to install Kubuntu 13.04 on an AMD system with SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 256GB SSD. Install fails with can't install GRUB on the SSD. Can someone give me an idea how to get around this? Is...
View ArticlePinguy 12.04 UEFI E350M1 doesnt boot - screen black
Hi everyone! Yesterday I assembled a nice mini pc based on a ASROCK E350M1 for my granny. She is typical Dutch and wants to spend as little as possible. Therefore I used (in a demo-pc) an old IDE HDD...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 12.04 "error: invalid extent"
Hello,Recently for class we were given 1TB external hard drives with ubuntu 12.04 installed on them. The installation works fine on the computers in class and also on my mother's computer, but when i...
View ArticlePlease help me with bootloader.
http://paste.ubuntu.com/6042571/ That's the URL that the boot-repair utility gave me. I don't have (ever did) have a windows 7 dvd. Just an Asus Laptop that came with a recovery partition that I...
View ArticleI accidently deleted the files on my system reserved partition
I was running Ubuntu off a usb stick and have never really used it before. I accidently deleted the files from my system reserved partition and now windows 7 professional won't load. I tried fixing it...
View Article[ubuntu] EFI Ubuntu gives "Invalid EFI File" when trying to boot Windows 7...
Hi guys, I'm new here - I've been creeping the forums for a similar problem for several hours now but have not found a situation similar to my own, basically it goes like this: Drive 0 is a 500GB...
View Article[lubuntu] Can I install one distro right over another?
Hello everyone, I am new to linux. I currently have lubuntu installed onto my Acer Aspire One D270 netbook. I want to replace it with another OS because I can't get hibernate to work. When I power on...
View Article[SOLVED] Problem with download mirrors?
When I try to download the 13.04 ubuntu desktop iso, on 3 separate machines on 3 separate networks and it gets to 28 MB and the download dies. When I download the 12.04 version it seems to download...
View Articlefuseblk vs.ntfs - fstab difference
Hey all- While setting up my external NTFS HD to automount, I ran $ mount|grep ^'/dev' and got /dev/sdb1 on /media/barry type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) for my drive info. I...
View Article[ubuntu] Opera Preference File
How do I delete the Opera Preference file/folder I think it might be corrupt as I cannot change startup page. Using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
View Article[gnome] Fstab Confusion
Hey All- I have a 13.04(gnome fallback) server running, and I am very confused as to why within /etc/fstab /dev/sdb1 /media/barry ntfs-3g defaults 0 0 functions perfectly, but /dev/sdb1 /MediaServer...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 12.04 unity 5.20 minimize how can i do
Ubuntu 12.04 using; unity version 5.20 Unity click on icons minimize how can i do
View ArticleNo boot after apt-get update
Hi, I'm using a KVM server for about a year and after an apt-get update (12.04) and reboot it doesn't start anymore. I've used boot-repair but this doesn't help. It looks like the apt-get update...
View Article[all variants] GRUB on EFI SSD can't boot Windows on msdos HDD
Hi, I have an IdeaPad U310 with Intel Rapid Boost stuff installed. The hardware includes both a solid state (SSD, 30GB) and normal HDD (500GB), but it seems that Windows only used the SSD for caching...
View Article[ubuntu] After upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04, I can no longer access Windows 7
As in the title, I can no longer access windows 7. The boot menu option I used to use to boot Windows 7 now says "Invalid EFI file path". I upgraded using the 13.04 iso burned to a CD. When I run...
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