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    Sticky: grandmalinux, Welcome to Justlinux! Since...

    grandmalinux,

    Welcome to Justlinux!


    Since not all your items require an answer I suppose the following does:

    Answer to Q5 - Grub always to to either /boot or /boot/grub subdirectory to...
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    Sticky: nuttron, I think I might guilty of trying to...

    nuttron,

    I think I might guilty of trying to popularize Grub at the expense of Lilo. It is great to hear someone can make good use of Lilo which has been faithfully retained by the Slackware and...
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    Sticky: If you run Puppy CD you can get the device names...

    If you run Puppy CD you can get the device names as detected by root terminal command

    fdisk -l
    My prediction is if the CD is booted as the first bootable device Linux detect the internal disk...
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    Sticky: I suspect it is more to do with the device...

    I suspect it is more to do with the device numbering if you are booting it with a USB stick.

    Basically when you installed Puppy the USB device may be recognised as sdb and hard disk No.1 when the...
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    Sticky: Never do encrypted partitions myself. The way...

    Never do encrypted partitions myself.

    The way you explain then technically it would not be a problem because Grub does not use the active flag at all.

    You can therefore put the TrueCrypt in a...
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    Sticky: AFAIK if your Bios allows you to choose another...

    AFAIK if your Bios allows you to choose another hard disk to boot up first then you should have no problem in selecting (hd2).

    If you manage to elect (hd2) to boot up first then XP will write...
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    Sticky: (1) VMware car "read" an iso file and and fire up...

    (1) VMware car "read" an iso file and and fire up the kernel. One can't configure the boot loader inside to boot a system outside VMware or inside VMware, at least that is what I found. I suppose...
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    Sticky: (1) AFAIK VMware, or the free version that I run,...

    (1) AFAIK VMware, or the free version that I run, is just a mangement layer inside a host OS which can either be a MS Windows or a Linux. Thus you just boot to a Windows or a Linux and VMware is...
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    Sticky: Alekander, With Ubuntu Live CD you can follow...

    Alekander,

    With Ubuntu Live CD you can follow either Item (2) or (3) suggested by Parcival.

    Item (2) is always available if you are booted to a graphic desktop as in the case of Ubuntu. ...
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    Sticky: Alekander, Welcome to JustLinux. JustLinux...

    Alekander,

    Welcome to JustLinux.

    JustLinux has a lot of experienced Linux experts who can talk "-" and "." in the commands but there are newbies at the bottom of the food chain like myself who...
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    Sticky: OK I got your message. I think the easiest way...

    OK I got your message.

    I think the easiest way out is to boot up Xubuntu CD as the recent version can work as a Live CD.

    You can find all the files needed by Grub in a ..../grub subdirectory...
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    Sticky: My face turns red when reading your compliements....

    My face turns red when reading your compliements. I benefit a great deal from reading the JustLinux posts and comments from the moderators.

    I see this thread, an indeed myself, as an end product...
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    Sticky: Glad it is of use to some. I just summarized the...

    Glad it is of use to some. I just summarized the tips I picked up from the forum.
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    Sticky: I use cfdisk mainly and fdisk for display the...

    I use cfdisk mainly and fdisk for display the contents of the hard disks.

    The above partitioning programs DO NOT format the partitions. In fact I don't think any of them do except XP/Win2k's Disk...
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    Sticky: You are only allowed 4 primaries in a hard disk. ...

    You are only allowed 4 primaries in a hard disk. If you have logical partitions then one primary must be given up for exchange for an extended partition.

    I feel you definitely need to know your...
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    Sticky: Best bet is while booting up Ubuntu and in root...

    Best bet is while booting up Ubuntu and in root terminal type

    fdisk -l
    to see if there is any partition that you are not aware of.

    Grub only occupies the first 512bytes of the hard disk known...
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    Sticky: je_fro, Thanks. Is it possible for me to edit...

    je_fro,

    Thanks. Is it possible for me to edit the sticky? I might have additional information or improvement later on. I use it to help others as well because I could just refere them to the...
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    Sticky: Just booting tips

    To make the subject less boring I tell you my nightmare instead.

    It concerns a JL moderator walking angrily towards me, holding the two most lethal booting weapons pointing to my head, on his...
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