Did It! Now To Do It Again...
Hi all! Just a quick message to let you know that I successfully reformatted my root partition and installed 9.04. So far it seems to have recognised my home folders without any trouble. Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions! As for my friend Dave's PC, it looks as though his XP installation has finally given up the ghost. It was already riddled with quite a few viruses, including Koobface; I've backed his vital data up to an external hard drive and am planning to reformat his internal HDD and install Ubuntu Studio 9.04. One question, though: We've discussed him buying a legit version of XP Home so he can still run Windows apps and play games like Diablo. Would there be any issues with installing XP after Ubuntu instead of before? Cheers, Rob Farquhar -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Did It! Now To Do It Again...
Rob Farquhar wrote: Hi all! Just a quick message to let you know that I successfully reformatted my root partition and installed 9.04. So far it seems to have recognised my home folders without any trouble. Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions! As for my friend Dave's PC, it looks as though his XP installation has finally given up the ghost. It was already riddled with quite a few viruses, including Koobface; I've backed his vital data up to an external hard drive and am planning to reformat his internal HDD and install Ubuntu Studio 9.04. One question, though: We've discussed him buying a legit version of XP Home so he can still run Windows apps and play games like Diablo. Would there be any issues with installing XP after Ubuntu instead of before? Cheers, Rob Farquhar Rob, It is advisable to have windows installed 1st as Ubuntu will write a boot manager in the master boot record for all operating systems. Windows will blow it away only allow access to Windows nothing else. You can recreate the grub menu but it is a long winded process . Cheers Cary -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Did It! Now To Do It Again...
It needs to be installed before because Windows simply deletes everything in the master boot record, including ubuntu's loader (lilo or grub). Ubuntu is a bit more forgiving and leaves the NTLDR alone and drops grub/lilo in front of it in the sequence. Onto diablo, last I checked wine played 1 and 2 fine, correct me if I am wrong, but maybe he could ditch windows altogether. On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Rob Farquhar imagi...@bigpond.net.auwrote: Hi all! Just a quick message to let you know that I successfully reformatted my root partition and installed 9.04. So far it seems to have recognised my home folders without any trouble. Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions! As for my friend Dave's PC, it looks as though his XP installation has finally given up the ghost. It was already riddled with quite a few viruses, including Koobface; I've backed his vital data up to an external hard drive and am planning to reformat his internal HDD and install Ubuntu Studio 9.04. One question, though: We've discussed him buying a legit version of XP Home so he can still run Windows apps and play games like Diablo. Would there be any issues with installing XP after Ubuntu instead of before? Cheers, Rob Farquhar -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Did It! Now To Do It Again...
ubuntu-au-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: From: Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:57:05 +1000 Rob, It is advisable to have windows installed 1st as Ubuntu will write a boot manager in the master boot record for all operating systems. Windows will blow it away only allow access to Windows nothing else. You can recreate the grub menu but it is a long winded process . Hmm. Thanks, Cary. Prob is that the earliest we're likely to get a copy of XP is next weekend, and I don't want to leave David without for that long. Still, if it comes to it I can back any Ubuntu files up, repartition and reformat the HDD, put XP on and then reinstall Ubuntu. Another issue that's come up with my PC, though, is that my sound card doesn't seem to be working under Ubuntu. 9.04 recognises my Audigy 4 card; I can see it as an option in the drop-down boxes under System Preferences Sound. Still, I have no system sounds and pressing the Test box comes up empty. And yes, the speakers are on and connected. Any suggestions, folks? Thanks in advance, Rob -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Did It! Now To Do It Again...
You can install a non-legit copy and register it later with the legit cd-keyOr as Morgan said, run D1 and D2 using Wine 2009/6/20 Rob Farquhar imagi...@bigpond.net.au ubuntu-au-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: From: Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:57:05 +1000 Rob, It is advisable to have windows installed 1st as Ubuntu will write a boot manager in the master boot record for all operating systems. Windows will blow it away only allow access to Windows nothing else. You can recreate the grub menu but it is a long winded process . Hmm. Thanks, Cary. Prob is that the earliest we're likely to get a copy of XP is next weekend, and I don't want to leave David without for that long. Still, if it comes to it I can back any Ubuntu files up, repartition and reformat the HDD, put XP on and then reinstall Ubuntu. Another issue that's come up with my PC, though, is that my sound card doesn't seem to be working under Ubuntu. 9.04 recognises my Audigy 4 card; I can see it as an option in the drop-down boxes under System Preferences Sound. Still, I have no system sounds and pressing the Test box comes up empty. And yes, the speakers are on and connected. Any suggestions, folks? Thanks in advance, Rob -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
No Sound Under Jaunty
Hi, everyone, Well, this is frustrating. Everything under 9.04 seems to be going great, except for one problem: It won't play sound. It's not a huge issue, as I only need sound under Ubuntu to play the odd streaming video, but naturally it's something I want to fix. I've checked the forums and the SoundTroubleshooting page, and it's got to the point where I've filed a bug report under Launchpad ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/390060 ). Have any of you folks had any similar issues? Cheers, Rob -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
