If one cannot boot up Windows after installing Ubuntu, that it just run Ubuntu and there's no selection screen at all, then this is easy to get Windows back. sudo gedit /boot/menu.lst and take a close look at it. In my pc I just un-comment the line #default 0 and that will solve the problem.
Alex Rufon wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > First off, I agree with Oleg, had I the money to burn (I just bought a new > motorcycle last July and crashed it 3 days later and fractured my right > foot ... ehem good thing I took a comprehensive insurance) I would invest > on a Mac. I actually bought a PowerBook before but my Mom wanted it and > she asked nicely (won't take no for an answer ... hehehe) and she loves > it. > > If you haven't partitioned your computer and your machine has lots of RAM, > I would suggest installing it on a virtual machine first. You can either > use Microsoft Virtual PC and Sun's VirtualBox, both of these software's > are FREE. Although I would suggest VirtualBox over the Virtual PC for a > bunch of reasons. You see, most of my friends who tried out Linux end up > destroying their windows partition or not being able to boot back into > windows. Particularly if you have more that 1 internal hard drives and not > familiar with Linux device naming convention. Also, depending on how > powerful your PC, trying it out first in a Virtual Machine would let you > use your computer on other tasks while installing, patching, or just plain > mucking around with linux. Afterwards, when your really comfortable with > the new OS, then that's the time you go the plunge and install it on > physical partition. BTW, I've met a lot of people who doesn't like the > Gnome desktop. You do have an alternative like KD > E and XFE but I'm suggesting that you give Gnome a chance first ... > there's a lot of customisation that you can do with it. Actually, my > desktop right now looks pretty much like Aqua/Mac. > > Since your using Ubunutu, I would assume that you got the 64bit version > (you have to select it at the option box in the Ubuntu download website > otherwise you'll get the 32 bit version). Also, I would suggest that you > visit this site and at least read up on some of its suggestions: > http://ubuntuguide.org > > Good luck! > > r/Alex > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mark Deardorff [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 9:10 PM > To: Chat forum > Subject: Re: [Jchat] [Jgeneral] J64 on OpenSUSE 11.1 64bit OS (WAS: RE: > [Jbeta] 602 ebeta available for linux32 and linux64) > > Thanks everyone. Sorry Oleg, I have already invested in PC hardware and > cannot afford the Mac iron. I have the Ubuntu disk and will boot from it > to > do some partition work before I install it. > > Mark > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:36 AM, David Mitchell > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Mark, I have tried a variety of variety of Linux distributions over the >> years, >> including OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and RedHat. I first settled on RedHat because >> it was >> the only one at the time that I could get to support Sharp APL for Unix, >> SAX. >> >> Later, I switched to SUSE and then OpenSUSE as they were the only ones I >> could >> get to easily work on the hardware I was running. >> >> As Alex noted, I have discovered that the decision about which Linux to >> install >> is often driven by hardware support. The most iffy items I have found >> are >> video >> drivers, wireless support, audio cards and laptop support in general. >> >> Given the low cost of gigabytes these days, my suggestion would be to set >> up a >> multi-partition, multi-boot system with as many versions of Linux and >> IDE's >> as >> you are interested in evaluating. I have found that the installers for >> the >> new >> Linux distributions are much simpler and more bullet proof than in prior >> years. >> >> You could even play around with X86 Solaris. >> >> I have had far better luck with Linux on desktops than with laptops. >> >> I regret to say it helps me appreciate one of Microsoft's major >> achievements: >> decent support out of the box for a vast assortment of hardware. By it's >> nature, Linux will usually lag in its hardware support. I find Linux >> tends >> to >> run first time on systems that are older than a year or three. Running >> Linux on >> state of the art hardware often required that I get into beta drivers or >> use odd >> approaches like ndiswrappers. Often, I couldn't get one distribution or >> another >> to work satisfactorily at all on a particular hardware configuration due >> to >> some >> quirk of the hardware support. >> >> At the moment, I find OpenSUSE works for my needs. I am using it with >> SAX, >> J >> and an assortment of compilers. I have used it to work with the Fortran >> routines from Netlib and other web libraries. As an old-timer, I am >> using >> the >> tools directly, rather than via an IDE. >> >> I was pleasantly surprised when OpenSUSE ran first time on my new >> notebook. >> It >> was a low-end notebook, with the most generic hardware. >> >> Good luck, >> -- >> David Mitchell >> >> Mark Deardorff wrote: >> > Sorry for butting in here but I have a question you can probably answer >> for >> > me. What is a better installation of UNIX for software development and >> > general scientific and math computing? OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, Redhat or some >> > other? I am a Windows(ze) 7 user (well, as of 10/22/09) and want to >> learn >> > Linux (used to be a Unix user). What will be better for me? I am >> running >> an >> > AMD Phenom 64 which is a quad core box. Thanks, somuch, in advance. >> (Alo >> > what is a good IDE?) >> > >> > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:38 AM, David Mitchell <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> >> I had a somewhat different experience with OpenSUSE 64 11.1. >> >> >> >> When the hard drive on my Gateway MT6456 notebook died a few months >> ago, >> I >> >> replaced it with one twice as large. I configured it as dual boot >> with >> >> Vista 32 >> >> on 1/2 of the drive and OpenSUSE 64 11.1 on the other 1/2. >> >> >> >> I used the the current NVIDIA support at the time via YAST and it >> worked >> >> first >> >> time for me after the download and install. >> >> >> >> I don't use the other three features that didn't work for you. >> >> -- >> >> David Mitchell >> >> >> >> Alex Rufon wrote: >> >>> Well, although I got J to work with OpenSUSE on my Lenovo T61 ... I >> had >> >> to give up on it after reinstalling the OS 3 times and switched to the >> 64bit >> >> Ubuntu 9. I should have done that in the first place instead of >> wasting >> 2 >> >> days. >> >>> Here are some of the major problems which made me back away from >> >> OpenSUSE. >> >>> 1. NVIDIA driver installation - your system will refuse to boot >> >>> 2. NTFS write mode support - you really have to jump through hoops >> just >> >> to write to NTFS partitions >> >>> 3. Support for Wireless USB network - just doesn't work. >> >>> 4. Support for 3G Network - intermittent >> >>> >> >>> When I switch to Ubuntu this morining ... everything worked without >> even >> >> opening the console. Just relied on wizards for the configuration and >> no >> >> more problems. >> >>> r/Alex >> >>> ________________________________________ >> >>> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] >> On >> >> Behalf Of bill lam [[email protected]] >> >>> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 10:24 PM >> >>> To: [email protected] >> >>> Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] J64 on OpenSUSE 11.1 64bit OS (WAS: RE: >> [Jbeta] >> >> 602 ebeta available for linux32 and linux64) >> >>> nvidia driver is troublesome enough and I gave up. Now I just vesa >> >>> driver. >> >>> >> >>> You are welcome to post a record of how to fix the nvidia driver (may >> >>> be in jchat). >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Alex Rufon wrote: >> >>>> Thanks Bill. >> >>>> >> >>>> I'll just edit the jwd script. Unfortunately, I broke my system >> >>>> after trying to install the NVIDIA driver (which for some reason >> >>>> installed a new broken kernel ... why?). Now X won't start. >> >>>> Grrrrrrrr. >> >>>> >> >>>> I'm going to reinstall and try it again ... if I don't comment on >> >>>> this, everything is fine. ;) >> >>> -- >> >>> regards, >> >>> ==================================================== >> >>> GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 >> >>> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 >> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> For information about J forums see >> http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> For information about J forums see >> http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Ubuntu-Suggestions-%28WAS%3A-RE%3A--Jgeneral--J64-on-OpenSUSE-11.1-64bit-OS%29-tp25723475s24193p25735839.html Sent from the J Chat mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
