Re: [Dorset] OT: (Almost) Copying a humungous amount of data between NTFS Partitions
On Saturday 23 Jan 2010, C A Wills wrote: Terry Coles wrote: Before I kick it off again can someone confirm that I'm using the right incantation? I used cp -rp source destination. Thanks to all who offered advice; I was able to backup her data using cp. I then remembered that Windows has these things called 'Restore Points' so I rolled the machine back to the version a few days before the outage. I've just finished a full virus scan with no infected files detected. It took 1 hour and 17 minutes. So it ends OK it seems. However, if I hadn't had a suitable restore point, or that hadn't worked, then I'd have had no choice but to reinstall Vista. In that case, she'd have lost a lot of data without Linux. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-02-03 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
[Dorset] Last hurdle for my daughter's machine (I hope) - GRUB
Well. I'm nearly there (I hope). Microsoft were true to their reputation to the bitter end and the fix that I discovered earlier (Restore Points) didn't work out. I had a running system, but Windows Update wouldn't work. Fortunately, Dell provides an excellent 'Restore to Factory Defaults' feature which uses a Recovery Partition to allow the machine to return to the state when we got it. One happy afternoon of Windows Updates and reinstalling software later, I think I have a working Vista installation. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, the Linux installation got broke. I don't think it was Microsoft's fault this time; it seemed to happen when I upgraded Kubuntu from 9.04 to 9.10. The problem is that the upgrade worked fine; I simply can't boot into it because the boot menu still lists the old kernel images (2.6.28-13, instead of 2.6.31-17). I burnt Super Grub Disk and following the instructions in last month's Linux Format, was able to boot into a working 9.10. But it won't work from the boot menu. ;-( Still following Linux Format, I typed: sudo update-grub followed by: sudo grub-install /dev/sda which all seemed to work fine, but made no difference to the boot menu. This is a hybrid GRUB2 installation, because it was upgraded from a version of Kubuntu that uses old GRUB. Any ideas before I reinstall a clean version of 9.10? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-02-03 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Last hurdle for my daughter's machine (I hope) - GRUB
Look in /boot/grub/grub.conf (I think) Change the file to reflect the new kernel images! Or sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc might do it 2010/1/24 Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk: Well. I'm nearly there (I hope). Microsoft were true to their reputation to the bitter end and the fix that I discovered earlier (Restore Points) didn't work out. I had a running system, but Windows Update wouldn't work. Fortunately, Dell provides an excellent 'Restore to Factory Defaults' feature which uses a Recovery Partition to allow the machine to return to the state when we got it. One happy afternoon of Windows Updates and reinstalling software later, I think I have a working Vista installation. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, the Linux installation got broke. I don't think it was Microsoft's fault this time; it seemed to happen when I upgraded Kubuntu from 9.04 to 9.10. The problem is that the upgrade worked fine; I simply can't boot into it because the boot menu still lists the old kernel images (2.6.28-13, instead of 2.6.31-17). I burnt Super Grub Disk and following the instructions in last month's Linux Format, was able to boot into a working 9.10. But it won't work from the boot menu. ;-( Still following Linux Format, I typed: sudo update-grub followed by: sudo grub-install /dev/sda which all seemed to work fine, but made no difference to the boot menu. This is a hybrid GRUB2 installation, because it was upgraded from a version of Kubuntu that uses old GRUB. Any ideas before I reinstall a clean version of 9.10? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-02-03 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset -- Dan Dart _ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-02-03 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Last hurdle for my daughter's machine (I hope) - GRUB
Terry Coles wrote: On Sunday 24 Jan 2010, Dan Dart wrote: Look in /boot/grub/grub.conf (I think) I don't seem to have grub.conf anywhere. Change the file to reflect the new kernel images! Or sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc might do it I don't have grub-pc installed. It's not on this PC either. both were upgraded, not clean installs. The upgrade worked on this machine but not on the other. Hi, Grub2 uses a new config file, editing /boot/grub/grub.cfg should do the trick. The layout is a little different from the old grub.conf but it works in generally the same way. Editing the existing menu entry to reflect the new kernel should get you where you need to go. Regards, Dean -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-02-03 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
