[ubuntu] partition window while installation doesnot show free space on my...
i was trying to install ubuntu on my hp laptop alongside windows 8 by booting from a usb drive . while installing partition manager shows just 1 MB OF free space on my secondary drive(say D) in which i...
View Article[SOLVED] Can I install 12.04 using only the hard drive?
I'm trying bring an old Compaq Presario SR2150NX back to life, but I'm getting the infamous 'Unable to find a medium containing live file system' error. The BIOS for this PC doesn't support booting...
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Error on boot installation ubuntu Asus N56 Notebook
I'm trying to install ubuntu on a notebook Asus N56 series but the the boot starts, after some seconds, the install process stops with the following error on the attached image file. Attached Images...
View Article[SOLVED] Grub Windows 7 Error
Short Question: Trying to dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 Pro on a brand new Acer Travelmate. If I fiddle with the boot order in the BIOS to put the Windows Boot Loader above Ubuntu, Windows loads...
View Article[ubuntu] Fresh installation of Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)
Hello folks, I've been using Ubuntu since 2009 though I joined the forum today. I installed Ubuntu 8.10(Interpid Ibex) on my Lenovo laptop by CD and wiped Windows XP from the hard disk. I consistently...
View Article[ubuntu] Dual boot in UEFI with minimal install
I'm setting up a new system from scratch and i just spent alot of time experimenting with a dual boot setup on GPT in UEFI, but it seems problematic at best and i'm not successful at getting it to...
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dualboot windows 8.1 and 13.10
Hi all I trying to dual boot ubuntu and windows. I have it installed I'm just very confused as to how to get Windows to control the boot loader instead of grub. When I turn my laptop on it goes...
View Article[SOLVED] Purple screen after grub (GPT/UEFI install)
Hi! I'm posting here as a last resource since I can't figure out what's wrong with my ubuntu. I hava a new laptop toshiba satellite and since day one I tried to install ubuntu 12.04 LTS to dual boot...
View Articledpkg error code (1)
Hi everyone, I am trying to install snort on 12.04 32-bit server i have been able to use apt-get to install other programs but not snort. actually that is not true, when i run sudo apt-get install...
View ArticleWin 7 Pro (x64), Win 8.1 Pro (x64) & Ubuntu 13.10 (x64)
Hello people, Firstly, apologies if this has been asked already but the only solutions I have found don't seem to be on an option for me. Having successfully installed Windows 7 onto a 1TB disk, I...
View ArticleLibreOffice Calc can't move cells
Hi I have a spreadsheet originally in .xlsx format. When I try moving cells it doesn't do anything with either the keyboard or the mouse. If I create a new spreadsheet I can move around no problems. I...
View Articleinstall ubuntu from ubuntu terminal?
hii,:) there is any way to install ubuntu from ubuntu terminal, in ubuntu live mode. suppose, i do not want to use default ubuntu installer.:( can I install ubuntu by just extracting the content of...
View ArticleA few questions before i cut the cord to Windows.
Well have used windows for nearly 10 years now but i have begun to see the age in windows xp and i remain unimpressed with newer microsoft products and there insane prices. 1,Before i cut the cord from...
View ArticleHP Pavilion P2-1013W - Cant Complete Installation
I was given an HP Pavilion P2-1013W. Not my first choice in hardware but I figured it'd be fine for the kids for doing papers and things for school. Went to installation 13.10 on it. The installation...
View ArticleDual Booting Ubuntu with Windows 8.1
Hello Ubuntu Community I have recently purchased a new SSD which i installed Windows 8.1, and now I want to dual boot Ubuntu. I currently have 2 SSDs in my computer 1 which as i Mentioned has Windows...
View ArticleGrub Rescue?
Hi guys:i have run into a problem with my Xubuntu12.04! the other day when i started up the PC,a Dell pentium4 with Xubuntu installed only OPS, i Had a black blank screen on boot with< Grub Rescue...
View ArticleUpgrade gone wrong
So basically I was using the System Upgrade tool to upgrade to Saucy, and it went fine until I came back to it after a while and the window (the one with the progress bar) was just blank. Just the...
View Article[SOLVED] I messed up my video/update
I upgraded to 12.04, thought I had the wrong video driver, so installed another. Now I can't get Ubuntu up in graphic mode. If I run "startx" at the terminal I get some messages: Using system config...
View Article[lubuntu] Frequent crashes of Lubuntu 13.10 on old Mac ibook G4
Hi, I have "successfully" installed Lubuntu 13.10 on an old Mac ibook G4, but I am getting very frequent crashes. These have happened so far while working with Software Updater, Synaptic and Firefox...
View ArticleWhere the hell is....
Im trying to mess with (install) broadcom drivers for wireless. Im following all the steps correctly. It seems the directory its telling me to go to does not exist "pool/main/p/patch" it and it most...
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