Here are two: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Configuration -- David Mitchell Don Guinn wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
