Linux Installation

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Here is the thread for all your installation and dual booting issues and discussions. It's too hard to find anything in the general discussion thread...
Keep it on topic and open-sourced!

02/04/2009

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BBking

I might to a fresh install on my PC and wanted to dual boot with XP and Lunix.

Would it matter which I installed first?

02/04/2009

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I'm gonna dual vista and linux

02/04/2009

Gold Coast AKA GCC

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MCMonster

I find it much easier to install your Windows OS and then install your Linux distro. The GRUB bootloader almost always automatically adds any Windows OS you have installed.

If you are new to Linux, you may want to consider installing VMware Server and familiarising yourself with Linux, before dual booting.
www.vmware.com/

02/04/2009

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Doyl

bbking, install xp first. ubuntu (linux) has an installation program designed specifically for your exact purpose

02/04/2009

Perth - pew pew

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I don't want to cause a commotion with MSY so I'll give them a Linux cd

03/04/2009

Gold Coast AKA GCC

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BBking

MCMonster said: I find it much easier to install your Windows OS and then install your Linux distro.

DoYL said: bbking, install xp first. ubuntu (linux) has an installation program designed specifically for your exact purpose

Cool! Thanx guys!

03/04/2009

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patto

DaBomb12 said: I don't want to cause a commotion with MSY so I'll give them a Linux cd

lol just dont install anything on it

03/04/2009

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Doyl

DaBomb12 said: I don't want to cause a commotion with MSY so I'll give them a Linux cd

Yeah I don't understand your problem? what are you try to acheive by not causing a commotion with MSY?

03/04/2009

Perth - pew pew

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DoYL said:
DaBomb12 said: I don't want to cause a commotion with MSY so I'll give them a Linux cd

Yeah I don't understand your problem? what are you try to acheive by not causing a commotion with MSY?

well lets just say the word "torrent" not allowed to get into any more detail

03/04/2009

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Doyl

oh i think i get it now.
on the system that MSY are building for you, you want them to put on ubuntu instead of your "sourced" version of windows. yes?
Well that is fair enough. Ubuntu if awesome enough to do anything you want, except for playing the awesomeness that is games.

03/04/2009

Perth - pew pew

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DoYL said: oh i think i get it now.
on the system that MSY are building for you, you want them to put on ubuntu instead of your "sourced" version of windows. yes?
Well that is fair enough. Ubuntu if awesome enough to do anything you want, except for playing the awesomeness that is games.

thats why ill prob dual boot vista to play games

03/04/2009

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BBking

I have a second Q guys.

I hear that Lunix uses WBFS partitions?? If I have already backup drives at the moment for XP which are in NTFS format and I have it connected to the PC with the Lunix/XP dual boot, will Linux be able to see the HDDs??

03/04/2009

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Doyl

short answer, yes.
long answer, yes. Linux only needs a different kind or format for it's operating system drives.

03/04/2009

Perth - pew pew

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Doles

Ubuntu actually uses ext3 filesystem. But yeah NTFS is totally compatible.

Linux is compatible with everything. You never need to worry about formats and filetypes. Having said that, sometimes you need to tweak and play around, but thats the fun of it.

There is always a way. See how confident I am?

03/04/2009

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Doyl

See how much I am helping you out with converting people to ubuntu doles?
I think I deserve a medal for it.... wait, I already got one

03/04/2009

Perth - pew pew

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Doles

Yeah, Doyl, you're a big help. I'll try to invent some sort of Linux Medal down the track

That'd be awesome

03/04/2009

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Luke4123

Well, I have another problem with my Ubuntu. I ordered the CD which I have lost so I downloaded it off their website. This time I burned it using Nero. I burned it to the CD sucessfully then I restarted my computer and told it to Boot from the CD. It said it was booting from the CD but then it booted Vista. Any ideas?

09/04/2009

Brisbane

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SiR409

Yeah, I got an idea.

Stick with Vista.

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Luke4123 said: Well, I have another problem with my Ubuntu. I ordered the CD which I have lost so I downloaded it off their website. This time I burned it using Nero. I burned it to the CD sucessfully then I restarted my computer and told it to Boot from the CD. It said it was booting from the CD but then it booted Vista. Any ideas?

oh that happend to me

click on the disk and u gotta install some driver thing

09/04/2009

Gold Coast AKA GCC

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Doles

Luke4123 said: Well, I have another problem with my Ubuntu. I ordered the CD which I have lost so I downloaded it off their website. This time I burned it using Nero. I burned it to the CD sucessfully then I restarted my computer and told it to Boot from the CD. It said it was booting from the CD but then it booted Vista. Any ideas?

I can't say I've seen that problem to be honest. Maybe try to do what Dabomb is suggesting. Other than that I would say double check your BIOS boot order

09/04/2009

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Luke4123

DaBomb12 said:oh that happend to me
click on the disk and u gotta install some driver thing

Do you remember how you did that? I clicked on the disk and I can't really see anything.

09/04/2009

Brisbane

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i had it but I had the actual live cd

if you install that little thing it boots up into the bios every time havent bothered to edit it and after 10 seconds it automaticly gos into ur main OS

Luke4123 said:
DaBomb12 said:oh that happend to me
click on the disk and u gotta install some driver thing

Do you remember how you did that? I clicked on the disk and I can't really see anything.

double click on the disk as it appears in my computer and it has some options and i clicked something

I cant remember i did it 2 months ago but I think thats about it

Its just something cause our pc dont do it at first

09/04/2009

Gold Coast AKA GCC