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I will agree. the last release getting the adjustment of default screen resolution thing figured out makes it an attractive desktop if you have the equipment.
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I unplugged new hd and worked with just old drive. This article explanes my problem except it says ends up in sector 6 and mine reported sector 5. The script worked but the next and let grub work...
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I finally gave up and deleted the windows hd an did the dd thing which did fix my problem. I dd the mbr which did not change anything. All the tutorials I read said I needed a windows cd or could do...
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I have a computer that had windows xp pro. I added a second hd and installed kubuntu and Suse with a separate boot partition. The linux distros booted by chainloading with grub2 with no problems till...
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No it is my real name - I believe like JohnT, don't do upgrades. Fresh installs seem to work with a lot less problems.
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I got smart a couple of years ago and have 2 computers for personal use. I bought an older P4 from a high school upgrade and use it as a spare for when I make changes to my main computer. Things seem...
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Your cd is listed as /dev/scd0 and should mount anytime a cd with data or an image is inserted. I would make sure the cdrom was working or there were no cable problems if it will not read any cd...
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Your cd is probably not listed as /dev/hdb.
You need to run command
sudo less /etc/fstab and post the results
You should be able to mount your cd
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/mountpoint
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Sorry I missed your question, the device listing to mount cd is
/dev/cdrom or /dev/sr0
Your cdrom should be mounted automatically when a cd is inserted. You can double check your distro by...
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It means the cd drive is not found or no cd found in drive..
Try the command as root: ls /dev and post the results
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Tell us which os you are using.
Is this a new computer or is the cd player new or has just been installed?
You will not see the cd players on most of the distros without media in them.
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I have noticed that a lot of the web sites have gone back to the 'kiss' design which require less office personal and then a lot of the businesses are still using older computers. The main thing that...
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After you make your changes in bios does it ask you to press the F10 key to save then ask for yes or no?
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I like how clean the desktop is in Gnome and yet everything is there. I am disappointed in the kde version though. One thing is during installation they give you an option of password sign in or...
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Ran into a similar problem with my new hp officejet. I removed the hplip and replaced it with the latest version from source forge.
I do not use wireless but my printer would not scan.
hp...
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1. My first thought was another toy. (Like a sticker on the side of your computer case)
2. I see it was designed to be thumb operated so it might be great for people without typing skills but can...
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Yes I that is right, if you can get to the grub prompt you have it made.
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I did not know you could use the ls command in grub. Thank you for the information. I have always just guessed.
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I also forgot to ad that I did check the files on the wrong usb stick and it has all the right files, I need to work on it because it will not boot and I need to figure out.
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The problem is solved. I took the wrong usb stick this morning.
I have grub installed on the h/d, mutiboot with grub2 in a designated partition.
I chainload them with the grub on h/d. I also...
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I have an older pent 4 computer with 2 GHz of ram. The m/b does not support usb boot but does auto mount usb.
This usb does work, have checked out in notebook.
I boot it with grub and I get a...
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exsencon I disagree, if you are starting from zero grub2 is probably easier than legacy. The main problem is most of us are not starting at zero. In order to have to understand I converted everything...
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