[ubuntu] triple boot
I have Windows 7 and now Ubuntu 12.10 on separate drives(ssd and hdd). If I want to add Windows 8 to another ssd on the last SATA 3 port, will the Windows 8 bootmgr overwrite GRUB2? If so, what's my...
View Article[ubuntu] Installing BURG. GRUB works but I think that isn't corrent
Hi, I have Ubuntu 12.10 and Win 7 (ubuntu came after the Win instalation) and I have GRUB installed and working fine, booting Ubuntu and Win 7 properly. But I new to Linux world, so... I already...
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[lubuntu] Ubuntu Install screen messed up
I have a fairly new Sony Vaio. It has Windows 8 installed on it. I am trying to setup a dual boot with Ubuntu. I can't get very far, because soon after i boot from a ubuntu bootable USB stick I see teh...
View Article[ubuntu] apt-get
hello guy i removed a package on ubuntu suddenly i realized i don't have apt-get command anymore how can i install apt package again ? thanks
View Article[other_os] Trying to get Ubuntu, No PassWord So No Ubuntu
Have HP pavilion slimline s3320f PC not sure if its 64 or 32 bit thats prob. 1 (it is possible the bios is passwd protected also) the comp. is passwd protected by the person that was supposed to fix it...
View Article[ubuntu] upgrade 12.04 to 12.10, broken packages, cant repair
Hallo, i am sure this topic was posted here thousand times. i am posting it again because i think i have a slightly different issue. I tried upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10 when 12.10 was still beta....
View Article[SOLVED] Windows 8 upgrade and Ubuntu 12.04 Dual boot
Hello everyone, I use a Dell Studio laptop that came with Windows 7 and I have set it up to dual boot with Ubuntu 12.04. Microsoft is currently offering Windows 8 Pro upgrades for about 40$ and I am...
View Article[ubuntu] Create USB on Linux Mint
I need to create a bootable Ubuntu 10.04 USB (yes, 10.04 for a reason), and the PC is currently running Linux Mint 14. I've tried Unetbootin, but when the PC restarts and boots, the only option is...
View Article[ubuntu] help black screen
i recently installed ubuntu and when the computer restarted all i got was a black screen the computer has a gforce chip in it and i heard there was some problems with compatibility and something had to...
View Article[ubuntu] Installing packages from a burned dvd
I installed a stock 12.04 32 bit OS for a friend last night, he has no internet access where the computer is located. I would like to burn some packages (and their required dependencies) on a dvd to...
View Article[ubuntu] Server 12.04 after installation black screen
I am turning an old Alienware Aurora (Desktop) into a file server with Ubuntu 12.04 server. After I installed the OS and the computer restarted, I was taken to a black screen asking for a username and...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 won't install on Asus P8B75-M Intel i3 3220...
I tried to install Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit Lucid and 10.10 on my new Asus P8B75-M that has a Intel Pentium Core i3-3220 Processor - Dual Core, 3MB L3 Cache, 3.30GHz, Socket H2 (LGA1155) 4 GB of RAM via one...
View Article[ubuntu] Recovery partition access lost on Thinkpad X200
After I installed Ubuntu dual boot with Windows XP, I realised that the F11 went missing. I have seen tutorials to address this with GRUB, but I'm on 12.04 which uses GRUB 2, and I'm struggling to get...
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[lubuntu] if i reboot, ubuntu won't start. reconfiguration of grub witout...
hi all...i have had the horrible idea of buying a vaio, and im wasting so much time making my ubuntu work. i managed to install ubuntu, but only the version 12.04 from alternate cd., since it allows me...
View Article[ubuntu] upgrade from 10.04 to 12.04 without internet but with local mirror repo
I created the local mirror to upgrade all lucid workstations in my network to precise. The problem is that the upgrade tool (link below) - precise.tar.gz always download packages from...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 12.04/11.10 graphics display instantly freezes
Hello, I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS or 11.10 (64bit versions). I have a Geforce 580GTX graphics card. When I just install the system normally and boot it up it will freeze almost instantly...
View Article[PPC] iLamp G4 Install
Hi All, I am having a real problem installing ubuntu on an old iMac G4 (ilamp) I have tried ubuntu 10.4LTS Xubuntu 10.4 Both of these boot into an "ubuntu" orange screen (Full bright orange!!!) on the...
View Article[ubuntu] Upgrading Ubuntu
When I set about upgrade my installation of ubuntu to the latest versions every month or so what is the preferred method t accomplish this: downloading a new version from the ubuntu web site or perhaps...
View Article[ubuntu] After upgrade: [RAID] is not ready yet or not present.
Ive been running RAID10 on two hard drives for backup, but after I just allowed Ubuntu 12.10 to perform automatic updates, now at boot I get the following message: Quote: The disk drive for...
View Article[ubuntu] installation to USB not booting on HP machines
Wondering if anyone has any insight. I'm teaching an intro to Linux class, and thought I had come up with a cool idea to allow students to use the same environment no matter where they were working: I...
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