General :: Instaling Linux Without Touching MBR
Jul 7, 2011
I want something stable,tested(not buggy like ubuntu) , easy/automatic configuration(like ubuntu) , and of course should have the option to install the mbr on partition.I know its possible. I just want to know which distribution would make it easy.What I want is to install linux on a separate partition without installing any bootloader like grub onto my MBR. Instead I want to use the already installed xp's bootloader.I think debian's w32 installer works like this. But it is giving me a hal.dll not found error.
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Mar 21, 2011
what are the steps taken befor instaling ubundu in sata HDD
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Mar 11, 2011
Whenever I login to a certain server using SSH I get a very long delay before a prompt appears. Everything I looked up on this issue says that it's a DNS issue and that I should disable reverse DNS lookups on the server.
But, the remote server is a shared webhosting server. I e-mailed the sysadmins but they say they have no DNS issue and that they won't change the server configuration. So, how can I fix this issue from my side (client side)? I have a static IP address and a hostname that points to it.
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Jul 7, 2011
Purpose: Python, PHP, WebKit (hopefully), and pyqt development. There is Wubi for Ubuntu, which I am using right now. But Ubuntu 11.04 doesn't work well with my system. There is a Wubi like installer for Puppy Linux. There is Debian Win32 installer, but I think that does touch the partition table. My last option is to simply grab Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and hope it works. Would that be a viable solution considering my needs?
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Sep 9, 2010
I've had great success in the server forum when I installed Ubuntu Server 9.04 on my old G5 Mac tower. I have it running successfully, but now need more hard drive bays and would like to switch it to a 1st gen Intel Mac Pro. The problem is, when I start it up, I get the wonderful flashing folder with a question mark, and if I hold down option as its starting up I never get the folder, but the screen just stays gray/white and I can move the mouse around. Is there anyway for me to install it so it just has ubuntu server on it, or do I have to put osx back on first to do it?
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Dec 21, 2009
if anyone of you have shifted using Paid Red Hat Linux with CentOS, and what are your experiences of moving from Paid Linux to Unpaid Linux CenOS. When do you suggest a person use Paid Linux and when to use Unpaid Linux?
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Jan 18, 2011
i don't know if there is an apt-get for it or if i need to use wget
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May 5, 2010
i would just like to verify that the command
lspci would show the FC adapter installed
is there any other command that i can use to verify the FC adapter is being installed
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Feb 12, 2010
I want to Migrate my C++ Application from SuSE Linux to Red Hat Linux.What impact analysis i should do?
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Mar 17, 2010
how to share a folder from linux to linux systems and setting password to open that folder
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Dec 8, 2010
Well, its easy i will put an screen shot of my problem xD, the menu bars disappeared, i can enter the archives and use programs, anyone know how to fix it?
I have ubuntu 10.10
post if you need more info
o.o well it got fixed somehow
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Jul 3, 2010
i currently have ubuntu server installed, where i host some files. now is it possible to create a new partition on my disk and move the data there, without resintalling the OS?if so, how?
root@kitsch:~# df -T
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/kitsch-root
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Sep 23, 2010
So here's the skinny, I have Windows 7 home Premium installed on my Touchsmart PC. I have a 60 GB partition I want to use for Ubuntu. Can I install Ubuntu to that partition so that it doesn't change how my computer boots up already?
Example:
I press the power button. The POST test processes and then boots into windows no questions asked, as if it's the only OS on the system.
I want to keep it that way even after Ubuntu is installed.
I want Ubuntu ONLY accessible by using the BIOS boot menu as soon as the PC starts up.
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Apr 11, 2010
Before I leave with a bad taste in my mouth forever from the linux communities here, I'd like to ask one more question. I've been snooping around a bit about this issue of how to automount USB Drives, have them show on the desktop in file managers like PCManFM and not have to touch fstab at all.
How do I do this? Without touching Fstab, GNOME, any other DE. I only want openbox around.Another question I also hope to answer: How do I make shortcuts in PCManFM?
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Aug 5, 2011
What is the "recommended" method for dual-booting Ubuntu and Windows 7, if one cannot allow the disk's MBR to be overwritten or changed in any way?
Before now, I have either installed GRUB/GRUB2 to the MBR, or else installed Ubuntu and Windows to two different hard drives.
The machine in this case, a Samsung NP300-V5A-A02US notebook PC, has only a single hard drive. I cannot allow any alteration of the MBR, because then the Samsung backup/system recovery software (Samsung Recovery Solution 5) will no longer work.
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Dec 13, 2010
I have installed on friday a new distro on my computer, ubuntu 10.04 lts on my 1GB ram and 3Ghz computer. It has dual booting system. Everything worked fine, i have even been using the xwindows and althought i must say that it felt a bit slow in time reaction to my typing still good enough. I left the computer running with no programs, just idle and now my computers screen is dead. I can not see anything.
I restarted the computer and in normal mode it goes black.I started in recovery mode and i manage to get to a console where I type startx and i see the next error.So I had a fresh install, i worked with the xserver (so i do not think is a driver problem) fine until i left the computer without running anything and the xserver crashed.
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Aug 5, 2010
I have a wireless keyboard and for some reason it is typing random letters, symbols, and numbers while I am not even touching the keyboard. I tried a different wireless keyboard and that worked for awhile, but even that started to do the same thing. I plugged in a cord keyboard and that has been working fine, but I am unable to type my password if it goes into sleep mode or select my windows partition. It's very confusing and I plan on reinstalling both windows and linux anyways it's that time, but I have to figure this problem out before I do.
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Apr 22, 2011
I have a dual-boot setup with Ubuntu and Windows 7, sharing an NTFS file system.If I create a new folder (called "newfolder") in the root of my Windows 7 partition, with a text file called newtextfile.txt, and then create a symlink in Ubuntu with ln -s /media/S3A8115D003/newfolder.I can then see, read and edit "newtextfile. txt" from Ubuntu, until I log out and reboot.After I reboot, the symlink to newfolder still appears to be there but when I try to access it, I get This link cannot be used, because its target "media/ S3A8115D003/ newfolder" doesn't exist.However, if I first navigate in the file manager to the Windows folder S3A8115D003/ newfolder and view its contents, then the Ubuntu symlink appears to be healed.How can I make the symlink work without first having to touch the target file with the file manager?
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May 26, 2011
I've read the official documentation regarding hard drives and partitions. My pc has two hard drives. a 160gb primary hard drive with windows 7 a 1.5 tb secondary hard drive with about 80gb of free space I would like to know whether I can install ubuntu on the secondary hard drive, without touching any of the data present on that drive. From my limited understanding of storage, files are written all over hard drives during copy, move etc... Is the ubuntu partition manager smart enough not to overwrite any files during installation? Will I get a warning if there is a risk of any data loss on the secondary hard drive? I cannot backup any of the data on the secondary hard drive due to all my external drives currently being full.
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Jul 9, 2011
I have a BIG extended partition. It's at about 750Gb. Aside from that, I have 2 unallocated spaces, one at 240Gb and one at 5Gb. I want to make one of my storage drives bigger, and so that I can take advantage of all the space I have. (Those 250Gb have been unused for ages. I want to use them for my growing libraries.) So I wonder: would it be safe to put these smaller "chunks" into the extended partition, and still have a working systen? I don't want to mess it all up.
Also, can I safely resize a partition, like adding the extra space, without touching the existing data? I'm not exactly sure how the resize/move function in GParted works. Will it wipe and extend or only extend it by adding it? It would be nice to have these questions answered. Also, if it's to any help, this is my partition table as of now:
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As for the first entries, they're unallocated. They're the primary drives, but they don't exist. I'm actually considering to move my partitions out of the extended one, because I only have 3 partitions that I use and will ever use. But if the extended partition is not a problem, I will just keep it this way.
I'd imagine that I first extend the extended partition to consume the unallocated space, and then I move it all to the end of the partition, and then resize sda7 to consume it, and get a 750Gb partition. Can this be done without loss of data?
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Apr 16, 2010
I have learnt that the network locked huawei modems may be unlocked to use any sim card bu getting a special unlock code and it should ask for it when a "foreign" SIM card is inserted. This procedure works well in Windows, but in Linux where I use wvdial, I dont get prompted for this unlock code. Does anyone know how to insert the unlock code in Linux using any Linux tool (GAMMU/GNOKII/Minicom etc)?
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Mar 12, 2010
I am unable to ssh a Linux box from other Linux boxes; also tried to window putty.Although I am getting the password prompt instantaneously.So far, by comparing logs of other server, I am just able figure out that "debug2: callback start" is not coming in ssh -vvv logs.
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Apr 5, 2010
I am using ubuntu Lucid and connected to a network with windows machines.Our network admin changed some settings in the network, and all machines need to change their subnet masks to access local machines (e.g. I am getting "unable to mount" message when I try to connect other Windows PC's on the network.)
If I open the connections panel, and "Edit" the "Auto eth0", I can get: IPv4 Settings -> Method -> Manual -> Addresses -> Add .And I am pretty sure I will put new subnet mask address into "Netmask" box, what to put others? Namely:
IP Address, Netmask, Gateway and below:
DNS Servers, Search Domains
I can get some info about my network connection by right clicking network icon on the panel, and select "Connection Information" Tried to fill manual settings with some of those info (the ones made some sense to me) but I still cannot mount windows network drives, plus my internet connection dies.So, is there any way to change Subnet Mask "ONLY", without touching any other setting.
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Apr 4, 2011
I am working on a friend's computer for which he "lost" the operating system. This friend has very little extra money right now, so my classmate suggested I try loading Linux on my friend's PC.I am wondering if it will work. The PC is a Compaq Presario SR5610F with an AMD processor. I have been told that Linux doesn't care much for AMD.Does anybody know if it will be possible to use Linux as an OS on this PC?I'm looking for a cheap(er) alternative than Windows. Friend is balking at Windows 7. The machine had Vista loaded in it when purchased, then the son loaded XP on it, without removing Vista. They have been having issues with crashing for some time now. The recovery disks are supposed to have XP on them, but I don't think that is so, and when I tried running those disks, the computer balked. I finally worked around and got XP to install, using a disk from an old computer, but the code would not work, and nobody could remember the computer's password and user name.I want to start fresh with this machine, and install a basic, working OS. Am leary about XP on eBay or some such, but they really don't have the funds to purchase anything over $100.00.
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Nov 27, 2009
I want to configure linux CentOS 5 as a router using iptable, .Im new in linux so I need the steps to do that
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Mar 12, 2010
I want to know the differences between Linux and BSD .Which is efficient. Because they have some of the similarities with them.
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Feb 23, 2010
I have a netbook, L500X Geode (498MHz) 480Mb Ram and 40Gb Hdd partitioned into two 20 Gb bits, and I want to install linux on it as a dual boot along side the winxp that is already in place. I tried the Netbook remix of the latest Ubuntu and Fedora 12 with no success at all. I'm beginning to wonder if this tiny old machine can run linux at all.
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Feb 6, 2011
I have notebook Sony Vaio model PCG-4T1P and I never used linux before, and as you all know that..there's no CD-ROM so my question is :
1- How i can burn linux to USB?
2- When i will install my drivers, I will get errors or defects? and if I will get errors how i can find drivers which will work?
3- What kind of linux you all prefer to use it?
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Feb 8, 2011
I am trying to install NS2.29 on ubuntu 8.04 and when I try to do the following command:sudo ./install (it works) and if I try to redirect as follow sudo ./install |tee output.it give me the following message
"tee: output.txt: Permission denied".
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Nov 14, 2010
What is different between BSD family and linux? i see bsd have some distro like freebsd, openbsd,pcbsd and etc.linux is popular or bsd?in bsd can i compile and run linux program?for example execute rpm file.i see yahoo server use freebsd,but why not use linux?what bsd use environment? kde or gnome?
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