Re: Help. I think my boot sector craped out

2011-11-13 Thread Michael Havens
I have a problem, I can't download ubuntu with my live cd. I live in cottonwood. Does anyone live around here who can copy it for me and I'll drive over to you to get it? Doesn't one of you live on Mingus Mountain? On 11/13/11, Stephen wrote: > http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk has been use

Re: Possible ubuntu video driver bug

2011-11-13 Thread Derek Trotter
I briefly took this discussion with Michael offlist. Anyway, the system seemed to behave itself better with kde minimal, but still locked up once. I tried xfce again and fought with it to configure the menu like I wanted. http://wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu in case anyone's interested.

Re: Possible ubuntu video driver bug

2011-11-13 Thread Derek Trotter
I briefly took this discussion with Michael offlist. Anyway, the system seemed to behave itself better with kde minimal, but still locked up once. I tried xfce again and fought with it to configure the menu like I wanted. http://wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu in case anyone's interested.

Re: OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-13 Thread Michael Butash
While I hate having to whitelist sites with no/notscript, newegg is one that I'll simply deal with their excessive scripting tendencies. When it comes to pc sales, most only get worse from there (buy.com comes to mind for horrid scripting woes despite sometimes good deals). The one time in 12

OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-13 Thread der.hans
moin moin, I first heard of newegg via PLUG many years ago. I've been mostly happy with company, but I'm tired of not being able to navigate the site without enabling javascript. Any suggestions for companies that actually want me to be able to see their products and purchase them? TigerDirect

OT:Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Passes Away At 22

2011-11-13 Thread James Finstrom
Just flashed across my Google+ http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/13/diaspora-co-founder-ilya-zhitomirskiy-passes-away-at-21/ Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Passes Away At 22 James Finstrom This e-mail, the files transmitted with it, and the sender of this email are the property of Rhino Equ

Re: Help. I think my boot sector craped out

2011-11-13 Thread Stephen
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk has been useful for me in the past. On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > Is this the right command > > root@1[hda1]# mount /dev/hda1 hda1 > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1, >       missing codepage or other

Re: Possible ubuntu video driver bug

2011-11-13 Thread John
Have you seen any errors in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/ Xorg.0.log that could give you a hint at what could be the problem? From: Derek Trotter To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:59 PM Subject: Possible ubun

Re: Help. I think my boot sector craped out

2011-11-13 Thread Michael Havens
Is this the right command root@1[hda1]# mount /dev/hda1 hda1 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so root@1[hda1]# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 mount: wr

Re: Help. I think my boot sector craped out

2011-11-13 Thread Michael Butash
I'm only seeing the usb disk being probed - no other ata devices. Either it came unplugged or yes, died finally. You can check the bios and see if it sees the disk, maybe make sure that the right devices are enabled in there. Probably plan on a new disk however. -mb On 11/13/2011 01:54 PM

Linux Stammtisch - East Valley - Tuesday

2011-11-13 Thread PLUG Announcements
We'll be meeting up at Iguana Macks at 7pm on tuesday for the Linux Stammtisch. A Stammtisch is a gathering of people with a common interest, so there is no formal presentation. Please come and join us for some good conversation over good food and drinks, which are both optional... Friends a

Re: Help. I think my boot sector craped out

2011-11-13 Thread Michael Havens
I have to go to wrk now! On 11/13/11, Michael Havens wrote: > here is what dmesg says. I think this means the drive is bad. I don't > think the live cd I have has grub but rather its predecessor, lilo. > Where should I go to download a current version of ubuntuu that will > run on a cd? I don

Re: Help. I think my boot sector craped out

2011-11-13 Thread Michael Havens
here is what dmesg says. I think this means the drive is bad. I don't think the live cd I have has grub but rather its predecessor, lilo. Where should I go to download a current version of ubuntuu that will run on a cd? I don't have a dvd burner. heck, i don't even know if this cdrom is a dvd playe

Re: Help. I think my boot sector craped out

2011-11-13 Thread Michael Butash
You need to read this: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-to-repair-corrupt-mbr-and-boot.html You need to read down to the newer instructions for the last bit to reapply grub. Get a bootable cd, just about any should allow you to do this usb, cd, or floppy. How did you lose your boot

Re: Help. I think my boot sector craped out

2011-11-13 Thread Michael Havens
I don't even know what a glasshouse drive is so I suppose not. This is an old computer donated to me graciously from a plug member. On 11/13/11, Stephen wrote: > Do you have a USB glasshouse drive? You can use unetbootin to make a > usbbased live cd > On Nov 13, 2011 1:06 PM, "Michael Havens" wr

Re: Help. I think my boot sector craped out

2011-11-13 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
What error are you getting? Why do you think "boot sector craped out"? *IF*, you had a boot sector problem, you can boot with anything that boots, mount your drive and chroot into it, re-install grub, and you should be done. *IF* the problem is the boot sector, which I doubt... ET Michae

Re: Help. I think my boot sector craped out

2011-11-13 Thread Stephen
Do you have a USB glasshouse drive? You can use unetbootin to make a usbbased live cd On Nov 13, 2011 1:06 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > I have uubuntuu10 installed on my hard drive. I don't have the cd for > uubuntuu 10. I do have the cd for mepis 6.5. How do I reinstall the > boot sector? How d

Help. I think my boot sector craped out

2011-11-13 Thread Michael Havens
I have uubuntuu10 installed on my hard drive. I don't have the cd for uubuntuu 10. I do have the cd for mepis 6.5. How do I reinstall the boot sector? How do I figure out if it is the boot sector and not a hard drive failure. If it is a haard drive failure could someone mail me a uubuntuu cd? I hav