Ramon I ended up installing with the net install instead which has it.
Regards Jonathan Aquilina On 21 May 2012, at 12:00, [email protected] wrote: > Send MLUG-list mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of MLUG-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: ubuntu mirror offline confirmed (Ramon Casha, Keith > Vassallo) (Ramon Casha) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 11:27:37 +0200 > From: Ramon Casha <[email protected]> > To: Malta Linux User Group - general list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] ubuntu mirror offline confirmed (Ramon > Casha, Keith Vassallo) > Message-ID: > <CAMoGeK6cW=eupnkdvpisfcg7r0h2cemrkril6upaiwepprg...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Jonathan, > > IIRC, the Ubuntu/Kubuntu live CDs do not have LVM support. To get LVM > partitions up, you need to go to a command prompt from the live CD, then > use apt-get to install lvm2, then use the lvm command to scan and activate > the partitions. > > Ramon Casha > > > On 20 May 2012 20:30, Jonathan Aquilina <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am trying to do a clean install of 12.04 of kubuntu and I'm having >> nothing but problems, but i have a fix which in a way i cannot fix cuz i >> cannot boot onto the ui or even the command line to make a change in grub >> to where i can get something to show up on the screen. >> >> I am using lvm 40gb partition for my install on a 2tb hdd the issue stems >> from my graphics card. In grub i need nomodeset but i can't even get grub >> to load the menu to where i can change it there it randomly restarts. >> >> During installation i tried the malta mirror and for some reason it wasn't >> able to retrieve the necessary files needed to do the net installation, yet >> using the italian mirror works just fine :-/ >> >> At this point in time I'm at my wits end. Any ideas how to fix my grub >> issue would be greatly appreciated. >> >> I tried using the live cd to mount the lvm partition but there is no >> grub.conf file for me to modify to get into the DE to make the change in >> /etc/default/grub. the purpose of using grub.conf is to bypass needing to >> use update grub i need that just long enough to reboot and get to the >> desktop then i can make the change the right way. >> >> FRUSTRATED USER >> Jonathan >> >> On 20 May 2012, at 19:41, [email protected] wrote: >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://linux.org.mt/pipermail/mlug-list/attachments/20120521/597f7f07/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > End of MLUG-list Digest, Vol 96, Issue 16 > *****************************************
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