I have been afraid to edit that file without knowing a little how it works. Is there a description of the commands for that file somewhere?
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 2:55 AM, emptist <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
