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Polaris573 · Feb 1, 2006

Windows is dead, temporarily or permanently who knows. Using my live CD I can access all three partitions on my master hard drive, but I can't get access to my second (slave) hard drive. What can I do?

CUSACKOTG · Feb 7, 2006

new to linux

Hey guys- im fairly new to computers generally and very new to Linux- just tried to first install- SUSE 10.0 and was very happy- very simple to partition the disk and set it up-

such a fresh clean, crisp feel to the os- really impressed. was unable to boot it alongside another HDD in same machine tho- ive stuffed something up but expected to do that given that i rarely know what i'm doing ....now my SUSE 10 only boots up when i put the 1st boot disk in and asks me to 'set up new ' os or use existing etc.... i choose use existing on HDD and it boots..
who knows - im learning tho- anyone got any suggestions for a novice dummy re. partitioning and dual boot systems- i have the HDD'S lying around here ready to go for my xp- suse 10.0 system but i dont know how to do it.

thnks in advance

Dippyskoodlez · Feb 10, 2006

CUSACKOTG said:
Hey guys- im fairly new to computers generally and very new to Linux- just tried to first install- SUSE 10.0 and was very happy- very simple to partition the disk and set it up-

such a fresh clean, crisp feel to the os- really impressed. was unable to boot it alongside another HDD in same machine tho- ive stuffed something up but expected to do that given that i rarely know what i'm doing ....now my SUSE 10 only boots up when i put the 1st boot disk in and asks me to 'set up new ' os or use existing etc.... i choose use existing on HDD and it boots..
who knows - im learning tho- anyone got any suggestions for a novice dummy re. partitioning and dual boot systems- i have the HDD'S lying around here ready to go for my xp- suse 10.0 system but i dont know how to do it.

thnks in advance

if you wanna dual boot, install windows XP first. when you have that up and running, stick the suse cd in and let'r go. it should install either lilo or grub and most if not all distros now, will automatically add windows xp to the list so you dont have to worry about not booting to xp.

Otherwise, if you fudged your old suse install, i would just give it a reinstall until you can get used to troubleshooting linux...

MiST91 · Jun 21, 2007

I have used BeOS, Ubuntoo, Gentoo, Gentoox (Xbox version) and red hat Linux. I havn't used MAC OSX tho, and tbh i prefere Windows XP/Vista out of all of them (except Mac OSX cos i'v never used it)

Atech · Jun 21, 2007

MiST91 said:
I have used BeOS, Ubuntoo, Gentoo, Gentoox (Xbox version) and red hat Linux. I havn't used MAC OSX tho, and tbh i prefere Windows XP/Vista out of all of them (except Mac OSX cos i'v never used it)

I find it hard to believe you managed to get back to using a gui for anything but randomly clicking things after using Gentoo.

Highly unbelievable.

Dippyskoodlez · Jun 21, 2007

Atech said:
I find it hard to believe you managed to get back to using a gui for anything but randomly clicking things after using Gentoo.

Highly unbelievable.

I can't even get that stupid thing to install. :banghead:

(Correctly)

Atech · Jun 21, 2007

Dippyskoodlez said:
I can't even get that stupid thing to install. (Correctly)

Heheh don't bother with the GUI installer, it's a PoS!

bigboi86 · Jun 21, 2007

UNtil I get my computer built I'm running linux on my xbox. X-DSL. Damn Small Linux.

7mm · Aug 21, 2007

nick255 said:
Ive run a few different distributions in a dual boot configuration with xp.

Ive tried redhat, fedora core 3,4, gentoo, ubuntu, arch.
I would say if you want a no hassel easy installation then ubuntu is a good distribution to use and if you want to learn how to compile a kernel, setup everything manually to have a look at the gentoo documentation they have on their site because its very good.

I think linux is improving all the time, i would probably stick to it perminently if/when wine's directx implementation is finished and i can play all the windows games i want on it with little hassle because thats the only thing keeping me using windows really.

When vista comes out it will probably drag me back because of their dx10 implementation which will probably take ages to reverse engineer into the wine project.

Just Couldn't Agree More....... :toast:

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ste2425 · Sep 9, 2008

ive dual booted with ubuntu and xp many time everytime deleting ubuntu. But i keep getting drawn back to it. Im to impatient to learn how to use ubuntu and probably because im used to the xp file system and programs setup etc makes it harder. But ubuntu has much better programs for sound and visual and word processing etc. The only two things that keeps making me revert back to xp is the gaming capabilities windows has in comparison but the second The Wine project catchs up and the second i spend the time to learn how to use ubuntu properly ill be keeping it

Plus its free!

edit: in nushell ubuntu is for people who no a bit more about programing weheras windows if very very very userfriendly

stinger608 · Nov 16, 2008

Dippyskoodlez said:
HERE

Is a wonderful resource for those wanting to learn linux.

Straight from IBM. woot. To dl the PDF's you have to have an account, but the registration is free. one heck of a resource!

Awesome link man!!! Been looking for something like this :rockout:

farlex85 · May 3, 2009

You can't register for some reason anymore. It says the request cannot be processed. I hope this isn't permanent, I suppose that's what I get for procrastinating. :banghead:

kyle2020 · May 3, 2009

Im very tempted to install ubuntu on here as my main OS as im going through my exam periods, so theres no temptation to be playing games all the time :ohwell:

I might dual boot, get used to it then scrap windows for a few months.

Odin Eidolon · May 3, 2009

linux is complete kickass. much much better than Win IMHO. only thing i would keep Win for is gaming, but lots of games will run fine on linux with Wine or Cedega with some tweaking. where is a linux TPU users club?

kyle2020 · May 3, 2009

Just made a 50GB partition for ubuntu. Here we go . . .

cliffinokc · Jul 17, 2009

what all do i need to run boinc on unbuntu?

mx500torid · Nov 12, 2009

OK gonna try this installing Ubuntu 9.10 with Wubi on my lappy. Did this on my gaming comp and was amazed how fast Ubuntu installed. Instantly was on the internet. Man its fast. Gotta figure out how to game on it though. Installed WINE. Gonna be fun playing with this.

Easy Rhino · Nov 12, 2009

mx500torid said:
OK gonna try this installing Ubuntu 9.10 with Wubi on my lappy. Did this on my gaming comp and was amazed how fast Ubuntu installed. Instantly was on the internet. Man its fast. Gotta figure out how to game on it though. Installed WINE. Gonna be fun playing with this.

wine wont be easy to get going with games. a decent amount of online resources out there though with people who spend their free time trying to get as many games as possible to work with wine.

Polaris573 · Nov 12, 2009

Unreal Tournament 2004 has a linux version so it runs without wine emulation. That's about the only thing I've ever gotten to run well enough for me to enjoy playing. Wine is great for a lot of apps, but gaming performance is generally mediocre to bad even on powerful systems.

i789 · Nov 14, 2009

Doom 3 and Quake 4 also have native linux installer and run pretty well. Anything with OpenGL runs well in Linux

I think anyone that wants to run game in WINE needs to check the wine database before installing the game, it should indicate whether a game is running smooth in WINE or not

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