tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884584404576003487.post1357771491558678653..comments2024-02-29T09:43:12.251-05:00Comments on ORACLENERD: Fun With Linuxoraclenerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412013306950057961noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884584404576003487.post-72005476716761106562009-03-24T19:03:00.000-04:002009-03-24T19:03:00.000-04:00If you are not an OS person, Linux is not particul...If you are not an OS person, Linux is not particularly friendly to work with. I like it for the speed, and lack of ball and chain copy protection. I remember a mistake I made when first using linux. If you fat finger keys as often as I do. you might just end up wiping out the entire drive contents very easily. rm -Rf with a switch like /. or something along those lines. I wanted to delete the entire contents of the folder I was in. I ended deleting all files on the drive. I realized it, but it was too late. c'est la vie. No warnings like Are you sure? Y/N DOS 3.3 was more intuitive.Stretchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026117430607642205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884584404576003487.post-78249502949113977172009-01-13T13:52:00.000-05:002009-01-13T13:52:00.000-05:00@cdman83I'll see if I can reproduce it or find...@cdman83<BR/><BR/>I'll see if I can reproduce it or find out if it's in my saved searches and repost.<BR/><BR/>I should have ended up repartitioning, but I was so flustered by the end of it I was just happy to be done. Next time will probably be with a brand new computer so I'll have the experience necessary to plan better.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Labocki,<BR/><BR/>Baby steps sir, baby steps.<BR/><BR/>@tom<BR/><BR/>I did figure out a way finally...through System --> Properties --> Startup and Recovery (yes, I cheated).<BR/><BR/>At least I have a basis to start on now...oraclenerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412013306950057961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884584404576003487.post-24153952851881352062009-01-13T13:48:00.000-05:002009-01-13T13:48:00.000-05:00Are you booting up with GRUB or NTLOADER? If NT, e...Are you booting up with GRUB or NTLOADER? If NT, edit the boot.ini file and make Ubuntu the default. If using grub, then edit the grub.conf and make Ubuntu the default.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600876443323337792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884584404576003487.post-87756478489552386472009-01-13T13:46:00.000-05:002009-01-13T13:46:00.000-05:00Xen with full virtualization - Run windows desktop...Xen with full virtualization - Run windows desktop inside your Ubuntu instance. No more need to dual boot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884584404576003487.post-2564500197823923152009-01-13T02:32:00.000-05:002009-01-13T02:32:00.000-05:00Welcome to the Ubuntu world :-). I didn't use the ...Welcome to the Ubuntu world :-). I didn't use the Windows installer, but AFAIK it uses the Windows partition + some of the Windows files to boot, instead of using its own partition.<BR/><BR/>IMHO it would be better (and I always done it this way) to install it on a separate partition, although the partition resizing can take some time. If you have the opportunity, please post the gnome-applet error you've received while trying to install from the LiveCD.<BR/><BR/>Best regards.Cd-MaNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030326541176171725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884584404576003487.post-42558320931226049542009-01-12T20:44:00.000-05:002009-01-12T20:44:00.000-05:00FDISK? Never heard of it...maybe I'll give it a w...FDISK? Never heard of it...maybe I'll give it a whirl. Jerk.oraclenerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412013306950057961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884584404576003487.post-53610688874212524442009-01-12T19:50:00.000-05:002009-01-12T19:50:00.000-05:00Have you tried FDISK? It will solve all your woes...Have you tried FDISK? It will solve all your woes...John Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055594192433564698noreply@blogger.com