Ubuntu Linux - Split Thread

[katzdvd]

Well, all done. The bugs in the Beta install CD are gone, everything went quite smoothly.

I can confirm that GParted is once again included, but needs to be accessed via System-->Administration instead of being launched during setup.

I will be there soon, anony!

So, I run GParted first, right? (but have to access it separately, instead of the program automatically launching)

[anonymez]

Basically:

1. Run the Live CD

2. When you get to the desktop, run GParted

3. Partition your drive

4. During setup, when it asks about editing the partition table, select "manual"

5. It will show a list of drives, right-click the one that is to be "root", select properties and set it to be root (ie "/"). do the same for "swap" and "home" (if you wanted a separate partition for that).

The rest is easy.

[katzdvd]

Thanks anony

I appreciate all the info. I want to get to this very soon. I have been playing with the xp install, & nlite, but I may put that on the back burner for now.

I got interested in another forum's thread where they are talking about including the xp activation in the slipstream cd, so it is already activated when the install is complete.

Do you do it that way?

[anonymez]

I got interested in another forum's thread where they are talking about including the xp activation in the slipstream cd, so it is already activated when the install is complete.

Do you do it that way?

No, but I still do not need to activate, my clean installs involve restoring a vanilla XP SP2 via Acronis True Image. Works well.

[soup]

If you are planning to keep both ubuntu & XP on your PC, what does that do if you are a Folder? I currently run the no nonsense 504 as a service. I am definitely thinking about both but no partition, installing another SATA 80GB Samsung, run XP off the existing & run ubuntu off the new one.

[anonymez]

There is a linux version. Not sure how folding works, does it keep track of your stats online or on your PC?

[soup]

Your complete stats would be online. I am just a rookie at it, so don't know a whole lot, I just fold. It does exist in Program Files for the existing work unit & any you have in queue waiting to be sent to the server.

[UncasMS]

let the windows client finish and than move to a linux version if you like but dont expect the linux client to finish the windows version or vice versa

[soup]

I had kind of got that far in figuring that out, obviously you have different client versions & I would figure that if Linux becomes your main OS & you don't use XP a lot, there would actually be no point in having a client on XP or is that Wrong? The main thing is I don't want to stop folding, so I am going to try & find the best way to do this if & when I changover. Thanks for the input. Anybody out there that folds on Linux but still has XP, I would like to hear from you.

[katzdvd]

Just an update - I finally got around to installing ubuntu; BTW, you do not have to run GParted, as during setup, you are given the options to create the partitions, etc.

here's what I have;

/dev/sda1 - ntfs (win xp) 24.41 gb mount point - media/disk

/dev/sda2 ext 3 gb mount point media/disk-1

/dev/sda3 linux swap 2.15 gb

/dev/sda4 extended part 191.67

look good?

Best Part - No activation code required woot!

[katzdvd]

Ok, not sure what to do here; In Xp/ my computer, I can only see my C drive (xp partition)

However, if I go into disc management, I can see the other partitions. I ran ext2fsd but still do not know what to do.

From ubuntu, I can see & access my windows (c) drive, but the other partitions are not displayed, as in a windows partition.

[katzdvd]

Disregard previous post. I didn't have the final partition formatted NTFS! D'oh!

Question; How do I get permission to access the new volume/drives? I checked the properties/permissions tab, but the options to change are all grayed out?

I am able to change this on folders & files, but not on the drives

But, other than that...

I have now played all the games, & just discovered "Desktop effects" Wow, I didn't realize how cool this could really be! Nothing like "cubing" the desktop!

I am very happy with the new toy (so far)!

[anonymez]

/dev/sda1 - ntfs (win xp) 24.41 gb mount point - media/disk

/dev/sda2 ext 3 gb mount point media/disk-1

/dev/sda3 linux swap 2.15 gb

/dev/sda4 extended part 191.67

look good?

Looks fine, although shouldn't the mount point of sda2 be root? And I assume sda4 is the one you just formatted as NTFS?

Question; How do I get permission to access the new volume/drives? I checked the properties/permissions tab, but the options to change are all grayed out?

In Ubuntu? Download & Install ntfs-3g and ntfs-config.

just discovered "Desktop effects" Wow, I didn't realize how cool this could really be! Nothing like "cubing" the desktop!

Ubuntu comes with an older version of Compiz. Beryl (a fork of Compiz, which has now ceased development in order to merge with Compiz), is much more impressive.

Now you have it installed, an essential step:

1. System-->Administration-->Software Sources. Tick all the boxes. Close the window (It will ask you to reload the lists, just click cancel-- we'll use the terminal instead). Open up the terminal, Accessories-->Terminal, type:

sudo apt-get update

And enter your password if it asks. What you just did was enable the types of software allowed to be on your system (based on license), then download/update the lists, descriptions, etc of all software available in the repositories. Once it's done, Head into System-->Administration-->Synaptic Package Manager. From there you can search for any type of software, download & install in a few clicks.

Start by installing ntfs-3g, then ntfs-config. Run ntfs-config, enable writing to internal drives, then reboot.

[anonymez]

And for anyone that cares (just me, then ), with the latest rdesktop and a virtual machine, it is possible to run Windows applications in Linux as if natively. Memory usage is minimal so long as the VM application supports Dynamic (or lazy) Memory Allocation.

[katzdvd]

Looks fine, although shouldn't the mount point of sda2 be root?

I guess so How do I change it?

And I assume sda4 is the one you just formatted as NTFS?

yes - I was going to split it up smaller, but i don't know if I really have a need to? Just going to use it for video & audio storage. I guess it would be optimal though, to make smaller "working" chunks for editing purposes.

1. System-->Administration-->Software Sources. Tick all the boxes.

you mean just on the first (ubuntu) tab, or on the update tab too? In the ubuntu tab, all are already ticked except the last one (source code)