Here is a Linux/Ubuntu question.
I just tried for the first time Ububtu, (gutsy Gibbon) I was amazed at
how user friendly and well
designed the desktop is.This older guy runs a community center with
broadband.We came upon
a hosed install of Win2K and decided we should try Ubuntu to see how it
Hi,
You never want to uninstall grub because it is the bootloader that
loads ubuntu. Instead you should edit it's configuration file. In a
terminal type sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
If the default entry is already ubuntu (the default it whatever one is
selected when you first boot up)
then all
Great,so Grub is located in the MBR but refers to it's menu list inside
the default partition.?
Ubuantu is listed as the default,but it also list two other iterations
of the same OS,one seems like
a diagnostic and the other a memory check shell.Then comes the line
Other OS and below that
Jim Roby wrote:
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All attempts to right the Windows distro failed and I then decided to
give the entire disk to Ubuantu.Now we have a boot menu that boots
Ubuantu but still points to the non existant Win2K...it just yields an
error message and you can go back to boot the working OS. I
On Sunday 11 May 2008 12:51:27 Jim Roby wrote:
Great,so Grub is located in the MBR but refers to it's menu list inside
the default partition.?
Ubuantu is listed as the default,but it also list two other iterations
of the same OS,one seems like a diagnostic and the other a memory check
Done Peter. TKX
Gparted was right on the menu system of Gibbon,but not Huron.But...alls
I had to do was pick it from a list and click install.
Peter Besenbruch wrote:
On Sunday 11 May 2008 12:51:27 Jim Roby wrote:
Great,so Grub is located in the MBR but refers to it's menu list inside
the
