[QUOTE=esalaka;32235145]It just seems so [B]wrong[/B][/QUOTE]
I know, but I'm not really going to make it look better in the VM, when I install for real it'll look much better :v:
Also systemd makes bootup 14 seconds and shutdown 2 seconds...
[editline]11th September 2011[/editline]
gonna install for real, wish me luck guys!
[QUOTE=esalaka;32235145]It just seems so [B]wrong[/B][/QUOTE]
It looks like something out of an East Asian character set.
Oh I love Debian so much now. It is awesome!
Well crap, grub wont install. it cant finr /boot/grub/stage1 or /grub/stage1... someone halp?
i have an old dell latitude d610 that is running xp, i'm putting ubuntu 11.4 on a flash drive to see how i like it. Never installed an OS before besides XP, so how would I go about doing a full install, and clearing xp, while backing up my music?
First, back up your music.
Second, boot up the Ubuntu install media and press "next" until you need to type in your username and password. Then press next until the installation is complete.
Allright, so I just ran ubuntu off of a USB stick, and immediately i'm greeted with an error message telling me that Nautilus coudln't create the folder "/Home". Then Firefox wouldn't load, nor any of the other programs.
I installed both Ubuntu 11.04 and Fedora 15 in my computer, but it keeps booting as Ubuntu, how do I select which OS should it boot?
When your computer boots up you should get a menu displayed, also you must have installed Ubuntu second. If not then you will need to add the config to grub.
I installed Ubuntu first, so I don't get a menu.
How do I add the config?
Broke down and installed slim and Xfce, and to my surprise it takes only a few seconds longer to boot now! Posting right now through chromium. Also, does anyone have an Xfce theme to recommend, I'm not a big fan of the default?
[url=http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Atolm?content=136789]This[/url] is the Xfce theme i'm using right now
[QUOTE=joemomma53;32239974][url=http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Atolm?content=136789]This[/url] is the Xfce theme i'm using right now[/QUOTE]
I saw that theme as I browsed through that site earlier, but I avoided it because I didn't want to install 3 gtk engines. Is it worth it? Are there any performance implications?
it doesn't effect my performance at all, but having to install 3 gtk engines to use it can be annoying
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;32237121]Well crap, grub wont install. it cant finr /boot/grub/stage1 or /grub/stage1... someone halp?[/QUOTE]
Did you install it in something like /dev/sda instead of /dev/sda1?
Well, I decided to try and be smart by using an Ubuntu live-cd to install grub, but that sent me straight to windows. On top of that I somehow messed up the partition table so now if I want to install Ubuntu again I need to delete windows aswell.
:saddowns:
just installed Arch in a VM because I'm not fucking using any Windows programs for C++ development because VS is shit for simple console apps and well I'm most comfortable with vi and g++
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;32241470]Well, I decided to try and be smart by using an Ubuntu live-cd to install grub, but that sent me straight to windows. On top of that I somehow messed up the partition table so now if I want to install Ubuntu again I need to delete windows aswell.
:saddowns:[/QUOTE]
How is the partition table messed up? Run this command to see what it looks like:
[code]
fdisk -l
[/code]
So how do I add the grub config to dual boot?
[QUOTE=Mr. Epicness;32242025]So how do I add the grub config to dual boot?[/QUOTE]
You can either use the windows bootloader to invoke GRUB, or the other way around. I opted to chainlink to the windows bootloader from GRUB. In the grub config file you can simply add an option for windows below the linux one(s)
[code]
# Windows XP
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
[/code]
This assumes you have windows installed on the first hard drive (hd0) and the first partition (0). If it were installed, say, on a second harddrive on the third partition (sba3) you would change
[code]
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
[/code]
to
[code]
rootnoverify (hd1,2)
[/code]
Please note I have only done this once, and I may be leading you in the wrong direction, but this worked for me.
Hmm, where is that config file?
Anyway to not use mesa drivers?
Is there anyway to make archey appear at the top of a terminal while running Debian?
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;32243345]Is there anyway to make archey appear at the top of a terminal while running Debian?[/QUOTE]
You want it to run every time you start a terminal? Add it the the top of your .bashrc file.
[QUOTE=Mr. Epicness;32243158]Hmm, where is that config file?[/QUOTE]
/boot/grub/menu.lst
And also, for some reason I have another line in my windows case, so mine is
[code]
# (2) WIndows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
[/code]
I'm not sure what makeactive does, but grub is working flawlessly for me, so it can't hurt :v:
[QUOTE=IpHa;32243634]You want it to run every time you start a terminal? Add it the the top of your .bashrc file.[/QUOTE] Thanks!
[QUOTE=Richy19;32243199]Anyway to not use mesa drivers?[/QUOTE]
If you have an nVidia or ATi card, yes, use their proprietary drivers. Otherwise, no, at least not if you want OpenGL support.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;32243648]/boot/grub/menu.lst
And also, for some reason I have another line in my windows case, so mine is
[code]
# (2) WIndows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
[/code]
I'm not sure what makeactive does, but grub is working flawlessly for me, so it can't hurt :v:[/QUOTE]
In order to understand what the commands do, you need to understand that Windows' boot method is proprietary and unknown how the information is done, so we abstract everything and pretend we're booting a location that we assume knows how to handle everything.
rootnoverify (hdx, y) will set that location as root, however it won't mount it. We need this because grub can't read Windows things.
makeactive will set the root device which we defined above as the active partition (note that it's still not mounted)
chainloader will tell grub to boot either the active partition or a location of our choice (if defined). +1 tells grub to go to the first sector of the active partition, which in this case is where Windows will boot.
[QUOTE=Mr. Epicness;32244047]Doesn't exist.[/QUOTE]
are you showing hidden files
if you run a vi /boot/grub/menu.lst as root in a terminal you'll probably be in
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