I think this page<https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/powerpc/non-debian-partitioning.html>holds the secrets I need to discover. Hey Chris - you free on Sunday if this doesn't go well? ;-)
JC On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Jack Chastain <[email protected]>wrote: > OK - I was able to get the normal Windoze MBR back and can once again boot > to normal Windoze system. Breathing a small sigh of minor relief there, > though I really want to be done with this system if I can.... (My M$ system > has gotten so slow, I think the LiveCD startup is faster.) > > I pulled my USB-based disk off the system and tried the Ubuntu disk again > - This time, the install sees only my SECOND disk (E: in Windows - never > worked out why it isn't D, but it isn't C: - which I think is where I want > things, yes? - that would be sda. I am seeing sdb) I did NOT continue. > > I am booting the DVD, selecting "Install Ubuntu" from there - should I > maybe boot all the way up into LiveCD and run the "Install Ubuntu" from the > Unity link? > > There is also an option for "Something Else" on the Installation Type page > - in this page, I DO see both (since the external is disconnected) disks. > Not completely sure what to do here though. > > I may have to disconnect my additional internal drive as well to get this > the way I want. That seems silly. > > JC > > > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 2:23 AM, Jack Chastain <[email protected]>wrote: > >> It isn't THAT old (386!!) - IIRC, it's an P5, and it runs the LiveCD just >> fine - so I believe Ubuntu should run on it once I get the disks worked out >> properly. >> >> Unfortunately though, it appears either work is blocking the appropriate >> Dell site, or it is down - so I can't confirm the hardware yet. Sigh. Once >> this long Solaris SAN migration completes, I can head home and do some REAL >> work - instead of this stuff I get paid for. (Which, I might add, is >> supposed to include RHEL, at which I pretty much suck, so it is kind of >> embarrassing that I need to ask all this in the first place. Sigh.) >> >> JC >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Mark Wallace <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> If your system is that old, you might find your best desktop to be >>> LXDE. Lubuntu is a good distro of it. It's a little rough cut but it runs >>> like the wind. The system that I am using originally had XP service pack >>> one in it. If you get kernel panic when you try to boot up, it's because >>> your old system is a 386 processor. If you want another desktop, put >>> Lubuntu in it if you have trouble and then use the synaptic package >>> manager to get KDE or Xubuntu into it. If you pick KDE, disable the >>> desktop effects because chances are your system can't handle them. If it >>> keeps coming off like you have a bad install, with your task bar >>> disappearing, etc, or it hangs, then your system can't handle distros >>> designed for a 686. The only Ubuntu distro that will work with an old >>> system is Lubuntu. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12-11-09 10:10 PM, Jack Chastain wrote: >>> >>> Thanks all - I think Chris may have the correct analysis. This >>> third-shift work makes it miserable for me to try anything in a reasonable >>> frame, but I will give this a shot soon. >>> >>> I believe based on the way things were installed that Chris is reading >>> it right - I don't understand why the external USB-based disk was the only >>> one I was offered (I tried a few times to insure I didn't have a list of >>> three drives - I did not, however, with the system up, fdisk clearly sees >>> the other drives) but there you go. >>> >>> My impression is that - for some reason - Ubuntu installed itself to the >>> drive that is not available until the drives for that drive are made >>> available - after boot. Live and learn. Or not. >>> >>> The system si a quite old Dell - I think it is maybe going on 10 years >>> now - and last night, I just got tired of the gradual and continual >>> slowdown of the system. I figured the only thing it really has is Visio, so >>> I would replace the (even older?) laptop and see if I couldn't squeak out a >>> little more performance. Silly me. >>> >>> Unfortunately, now I am at work in White Plains and won't be home until >>> about 0600 - I guess I will get to play then. For now, off to do some >>> reading. >>> >>> JC >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Chris Knadle >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> On Friday, November 09, 2012 05:30:24 PM Matthias Johnson wrote: >>>> > Chris, >>>> > >>>> > You may be correct but if the internal drive wasnt mountable how >>>> would it >>>> > install anything to it? >>>> > >>>> > Matthias >>>> >>>> When Grub2 installs the boot sector portion of the boot loader into >>>> the MBR, >>>> it does that on the raw device (such as /dev/sda), not a filesystem. >>>> When it >>>> installs the /rest/ of Grub2 -- the configuration, modules, etc -- >>>> that's done >>>> on a mounted filesystem. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> -- Chris >>>> >>>> Chris Knadle >>>> [email protected] >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >>>> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >>>> >>>> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College >>>> Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel >>>> Jan 9 - High Performance Computing >>>> Feb 6 - February Meeting >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. >>> >>> Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. >>> Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group >>> http://mhvlug.orghttp://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >>> >>> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College >>> Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel >>> Jan 9 - High Performance Computing >>> Feb 6 - February Meeting >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Robert Mark Wallace >>> PO Box 11144 >>> Newburgh, NY 12552-1114 >>> Telephone:(845)-541-7396 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >>> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >>> >>> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College >>> Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel >>> Jan 9 - High Performance Computing >>> Feb 6 - February Meeting >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. >> >> Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. >> Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life. >> > > > > -- > Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. > > Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. > Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life. > -- Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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