nah, pls for now do not attempt a triple boot with 9.10 ooooo!!!!!!
grub 2 does not support more than a dual boot for now. if u wanna triple bot, u have to soil and do some tweaaking to return togrub legacy.

the damn thing is giving too many issues, why not chill for like a month, by which extensive updates will have been made. for non intensive, or commited users i suggest waiting till mint comes out.

@ lynx, well just lets see.

heh

already done it

turns out linux is stubborn about primary partitions.

during install, when formatting the 30gb partition i reserved for linux, after creating the 5gb swap file, it assigned an unusable to the remaining 25gbs . i have two hard disks 80 and 500gb,

the 500gb is in like 7 partitions. turns out three were primary partitions.

i had to quit, log into windows, and delete one of the partitions. back to ubuntu, i now had two primary partitions

as a noob, i have abslutely no idea about how to amend grubs dialog - my winloader dialog is tweaked to windows 7 ultimate and windows 7 maxed out . anyways, i restored my winloader using easybcd 2.0 beta, then added an ubuntu entry to it.

so where do i get drivers for an nvidia quadro fx3700m, i cant maximize the graphics effects

and whee is a tool for the grub dialog?

If i undastand u, u hav added d new ubuntu to d windows bootloader? If u hav n it boots leave it at dt.

Drivers 4 nvidia use d proprietory drivers tool, it will locate n download d drivers.

Am happy to hear u dnt hav screaming issues bt then u didnt upgrade. Apparently clean installs are not problematic.

2 do d grub thang u hav 2 use d live cd n d grub thang in terminal though am not sure bt i think u might hav 2 uninstall grub2. Which is asking 4 trouble.

D took is d best way but if u hav drivers installed previously u shld remove them first.

Odawise add dis ppa to ur software sources- https://launchpad.net/~rvm/+archive/libs


Put dt link in a browser address bar so u can get d pgp key for it on d site it opens, then install nvidia-180-modaliases in synaptic or software mgr. D drivers will then be in proprietary hardware thingy.

But did u check d synaptic 4 nvidia drivers? I rmbr in jaunty they used 2 be there.


Odawise u go to nvidia.com n download d drivers n install manually.

D tool is d best way but if u hav drivers installed previously u shld remove them first.

Odawise add dis ppa to ur software sources- https://launchpad.net/~rvm/+archive/libs


Put dt link in a browser address bar so u can get d pgp key for it on d site it opens, then install nvidia-180-modaliases in synaptic or software mgr. D drivers will then be in proprietary hardware thingy.

But did u check d synaptic 4 nvidia drivers? I rmbr in jaunty they used 2 be there.


Odawise u go to nvidia.com n download d drivers n install manually.

Gawd, freakin absolute disaster! I was idle n was fooling around wit puppylinux, did a frugal install n was enjoyin maself. Dt puppy thing is veeeery confusing. I got a hang of it n was playing(took me a while 2 figure out i was runnin on ram in frugal. Then i decided 2 use d gparted dt comes wit it n create a new partition 4 it only 2 click d wrong thing n delete my allocation tables. Am still in shock! Disconsolate. I hav stuff priceless on dt pc!

4llerbe i thot this was ubuntu linux section - not the jokes section; u shld just have left it not frugal,
by default even on a full installation it still runs in ram - unless u specify otherwise when booting;
besides how much ram are u even trying to save by the time u have all ur puppy programs running, you're
probably still using under 1 gb - unless you also decide to run a virtual machine or some other heavy application in puppy;
i remember the time i deleted my windows partition years ago, i think i was trying to install ubuntu5 or maybe ubuntu6l then
i was used to creating my partitions, formatting them then specifying which partition i wanted linux installed on but no,
ubuntu still insisted on checking them for errors and i wasnt comfortable with the message it was givin me
(i actually had a terminal session running at the same time) then i wanted to time mke2fs /dev/hda9 which would have put
a linux filsystem in the artition i wanted, insted i went to type /dev/hdb9 whic was my windows partition; men i vex big time
fortunately even in windows don't keep my user files in my installation partition but it was very annoying

sori guys bin tryn 2 send replies via my pc but doesnt get tru. . . .dnt knw y, maybe a bug in NL Anyways bin able 2 solve my current wahala tru a partial upgrade tho d software doesnt cm up bt does nt giv d error message again
Wil try n c if i can put up scrnshts via pc
Cheers

@ weaver it aint funny jare, am still sore, tseew, kai!

anyways pls sum1 shld help me b4 i throw the damn lapie at a wall! i decided to install mint ( to save time, i dont have the time these days at least not till dec it seems) so i make new partitions, made a small one for the damn puppy this time, 1 home, 1 /, and installed mint on the /, made 1 swap too

i hope i got the idea right sha, cos the only partition that showed in the computer was the puppy partition!

now to the problem, i did the modprobe thingy like i did with jaunty and added it to modules (this time it gave some strange pops and groans) anyways i rebooted and still did not have sound.

i ran alsamixer in terminal and saw all the mixer thingy, was able to move it and all that, was not muted.

checked the sound tab and saw that the card was recognised, had even been recognised from the onset b4 modprobe, strangely! so i checked and saw that i could increase vol and all but the speaker icon had a red x, apparently muted, clicking does not unmute!

wetin be dis 1 again oooooo! i go break dis pc oooooo!!!!!!


2.

i installed the puppy to hard disk but thot it wise not to write anything to mbr, now how do i add it to grub so i can boot into it also, and pls i do not want that thing all the time on ram!



SO BIKO @WEAVER AND ALL, MAKE UNA HELP ME OOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


@ LYNX, na yori yori u dey o!!!! i take it the updates helped? anyway, i tried the thing myself and it gave me no issues bar some jockey thing that was crashing, but when i think of all the work to get drivers, java etc, i change to mint. maybe when i get time i will install on my oda pc

Na wah oh. . . . .it sims its only wen i use fone am able 2 post succesfuly
Anyways i was able 2 correct it by runing a partial upgrade but i noticed dat anytym i clik on software cemter, it tries 2 open & den notin
Anyhw i knw i'll fix it only a mata of tym
@4llerbe. . . . . Abeg tk am easy wit ur lappy oh. . . lol[color=][/color][color=][/color]

How can I partion Ubuntu with my XP?

yep

o boy e be like say na everybody get some yawa shal i made the mistake of doing some
upgrades on arch linux, something went wrong; eventuall i reinstalled the os but till now am still
hab\ving issues. have dropped it 4 now and am working from debian but that doesn't seem to have grub2
men i'm tired
you say when you run aslamixer you can see the mixer and it's not muted perhaps you can paste a screenshot of alsamixer,
also outputof lscpi; 4llebe no vex i tire small, maybe if you post those i will be able to figure out what is wrong

@etaurus what exactly are you trying to do? do you have ubuntu installed and are trying to install windows or vice versa or what?

Ah weaver, thanx jare, i don solve d sound ish. I took it from d base, unloaded all d sound stuff n started ova. I found dt d alsa still didnt work bt oss did so am ok wit dt.

Wat i need help wit is d puppy ish above. Then i want to use it @ work on d office pc wit winblows, am tired of free virus evryday. If i do frugal, hw do i combine wit xp. I cant write d mbr obviously, i dont want to boot cd all d time n i really not lookin 2 d ram stuff all d time. Its not my pc. So if i resize xp 2 make space 4 it where do i go from there? Install 2 hd, hw 2 boot witout cd n hw not to run on ram all d time.

Long thing shey?

very long tin
well me am sticking to mint n ubuntu
by d way finally fixeddat issue tru partial update. . . . tho d grub is stil 1.5 n not 2.0. . . . wats d difence anyway?

@lynx grub1 is actually grub version 0.x while grub2 is grub version 1.x

@4llerbe let me see, when i did it on my office lappy i used grub4dos; what you could do is
install grub on a flash drive for your frugal install - just to get the menu.lst config, then
put grub4dos on your system; for instance on lappy this is what i did
copied the files grldr, gldr.mbr (i think only one is actually necessary but just to be on the safe side),
menu.lst (in fact you can use the one in your flash drive) and grub.exe to my drive c:
after that i added an entry to boot.ini (system properties -> advanced -> startup and recovery settings -> system startup edit)
in my entry i added the line c:\grldr="Grub"
(i could have used "puppy" but i had more than 1 linux distro that i was using in a "frugal" install manner);
close and you should see the entry when you startup your pc.
if it doesn't boot try changing the line to c:\grldr.mbr="Grub"

note: this should work with winxp or 2000; with vista or 7 i can't guarantee; if you are using either and having
problem you might have to google it up


as for running from ram, you should look at the boot options that come up when u first startup
i can't remember what option is used to not load into ram by default maybe "puppy pfix=noram"
or something like that but when the Puppy boot menu (not grub o) comes up press f2 to see the
list of options

blackweaver:

@lynx grub1 is actually grub version 0.x while grub2 is grub version 1.x

i ges am on grub2 den

if i say i understand u, na lie i lie.

i even used the excuse of virus to format the pc today, made new partitions, one ext2 and one ntfs for the xp.
i installed the puppy to the ext 2 and wanted to write grub to mbr, figured if xp overwrites it shld see the puppy but if not i repair the grub ntry to add xp. now the puppy refuses to write mbr saying its not a linux fs, its ext2 o !

i dunno jare, even where the thing d thing install i could not boot it unless with the cd!

ok just explain this part, i installed the windows back, then booted the pupy cd, did a frugal install, then this time it refused to wrie to the mbr when i wanted to, how am i gonna be booting the frugal?

@4llerbe
what command do you use when you want to install to mbr?
assuming winxp is /dev/sda1 and puppy in /dev/sda2
what i would recommend is that when in grub (i.e in a terminal type grub then) type
root (hd0,1)
setup (hd0,1)
this should install grub in the mbr of your puppy partition

copy the menu.lst file to a partition that is recognisable by windows (just in case you can't boot back into puppy)

then you can go to this site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/grub4dos and get grub4dos (you may read my
previous post to get some info on configuring it if you feel it's necessary)

D grub dos thingy looked like it worked sha. Tanx weaver.

I sha sumhw trial n error made it boot. Bummer is sound is acting up. Works, wont work next boot, d alsa prog notwithstanding.

Then even worse it wont mount a flash no matter hw i try. D winblows works fine. Flash ok

Wonder o, if i rmbr, e be lyk wen on livecd n see am. Well, Na my main reason b dt o, all d flash wey dem go dey bring 2 copy stuff.

Den i install some pets, some work, some won't, esp bluetooth!

bluetooth? never tried it on puppy; sound: are you sure u have
only 1 soundcard on that pc? i only have that type of problem with multiple soundcards

Its kuku 1 my bro. 1 card. Its a p3 odawise id hav put ubuntu on it. Office too stingy 2 buy beta hardware.

Bluetooth i heard works cos on murga-linux.com, 1 mod is swearing ova evrytin dt he built d bluetooth .pets n they work.
Not 4 me they dhdnt. I installed it but it didnt work. I checked d dependencies n saw it was asking for wat id already installed.

Abeg, not bad 4 a small distro sha.

Does the following C++ compilers work on Ubuntu?

Turbo C++

Visual C++

Never mind I found g++

&

Eclipse

my new baby, sorry, puppy. hehhehehehehehehe!

oooooohhhhhh dat shot toooo wwwooooowwwwwooooo, dat puppy fine pass like dat. ok again

eehhhn am sticking to ubuntu jare. . . .
hmmmm 4llerbe i can see u r alredy doing d dew on dis puppy wit dat java stuf. . . . .

Lol! No need actually. Am using it bec of workplace risks, viruses etc and monitoring. Since i found dt my oga n d daft syseng he has just didnt knw anytin abt linux, i don dey look 4 option. Dis thing is cool. Amazing but basic. Truly its meant 4 on d road use.

D major prob wit linux are d geeks, yet dey r d life of linux.
Wen i got d hang of dis it was far 2 easy though d geek tuts were pretty confusing.

U can install dis anywhere, in anytin, infact ebano.

Though i dont tink installing is d rite word wen u can copy 2 files, enter 3 lines in a bootloader n u hav a fully functnal system!

As per d dew, wasnt me o, lol, though id give anytin 2 get vpn n tor running.

Relly nice option 4 winblows avoidance, see as pple dey rush make i help delete virus frm dem flash lol lol

Lol! No need actually. Am using it bec of workplace risks, viruses etc and monitoring. Since i found dt my oga n d daft syseng he has just didnt knw anytin abt linux, i don dey look 4 option. Dis thing is cool. Amazing but basic. Truly its meant 4 on d road use.

D major prob wit linux are d geeks, yet dey r d life of linux.
Wen i got d hang of dis it was far 2 easy though d geek tuts were pretty confusing.

U can install dis anywhere, in anytin, infact ebano.

Though i dont tink installing is d rite word wen u can copy 2 files, enter 3 lines in a bootloader n u hav a fully functnal system!

As per d dew, wasnt me o, lol, though id give anytin 2 get vpn n tor running.

Relly nice option 4 winblows avoidance, see as pple dey rush make i help delete virus frm dem flash lol lol

Lol! No need actually. Am using it bec of workplace risks, viruses etc and monitoring. Since i found dt my oga n d daft syseng he has just didnt knw anytin abt linux, i don dey look 4 option. Dis thing is cool. Amazing but basic. Truly its meant 4 on d road use.

D major prob wit linux are d geeks, yet dey r d life of linux.
Wen i got d hang of dis it was far 2 easy though d geek tuts were pretty confusing.

U can install dis anywhere, in anytin, infact ebano.

Though i dont tink installing is d rite word wen u can copy 2 files, enter 3 lines in a bootloader n u hav a fully functnal system!

As per d dew, wasnt me o, lol, though id give anytin 2 get vpn n tor running.

Relly nice option 4 winblows avoidance, see as pple dey rush make i help delete virus frm dem flash lol lol