TheDoctor Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 After musterig enough courage to Install ubuntu, it has paid off. I gave it a 25GB partition on my D drive, and windows is fine. All I need to do now is explain to my mom and brother how to boot windows. ...and learn how Linux works. And update to 10.04, because for some reason I installed 9.10. Oh , well I guess I need something for people to post about. I need a quick crash course in ubuntu/linux. That's what you can help me with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addictgamer Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Mouse will answer any question you can possibly have about ubuntu. He's solved all but one or two issues I have had with ubuntu too. If mouse can't help for whatever reason, google is the only other good choice I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 Wow, ok, I really screwed something up here. Updating failed, and has left both ubuntu and windows unbootable. THEN I deleted the ubuntu partition, and now grub is totally useless. It must go. I accidentally mbr. Wat do? Oh this is bad. Very very bad. The boot sector for sda2 isn't working. Messing with mbr was a bad idea. I'm reinstalling ubuntu and seeing if I can sort things out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockmoddeR Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 umm....you might have to reinstall windows...you family will lynch you for this...impending data loss...you better have a backup drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 SHUT. UP. I CAN FIX IT. I will NOT delete anything else. I will save windows if its the last thing I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockmoddeR Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Erm...I don't know how to tell you this lightly but... YOU CORRUPTED THE ONLY MBR YOU HAVE. It's like your brain. You only get one, and when it gets damaged be another person inhabiting it, it must be wiped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argiflex Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 step 1: Reinstall windows over ubuntu step 2: Congrats! You have a windows sytem that YOU are the admin of, now! step 3: ???? step 4: PROFIT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acmex Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Ah, it's fixable Just use a vista recovery disk and have it fix the boot. Then, burn a proper 10.04 disk and install THAT, updating tends to...break things. Yes, even windows does that. Crash course: If it doesn't run the first time, hit the executable bit If it doesn't the second time, use a terminal and sh it If that doesn't work, than bash (yes, that's the command) it sudo apt-get install build-essential That gets you all your gcc stuff and most libraries If x64 sudo apt-get install ia32-libs That installs all the 32-bit compatibility libraries. If something complains about missing a library via the command line after you "sh" it, then go into synaptic and search for the lib it requests Also, for the WINE-API Go into Synaptic, or, if it still exists "System > Administration > Software Sources > 3rd party software > Add New > And then add ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa " After that, it should be a simple sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wine That should, IIRC, be just about everything you'll need to get up and running, although a nice sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g may be of use Good luck, and remember, in a terminal, the -h option is quite helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 Quote if i were joe, i would say i love you. But I am not joe. I do not love you, but I am thankful. That about sums it up. I will try this now, and hope it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 good man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 I FIXED IT!!!!!!! I TOLD YOU I COULD!!!! The only thing to do now is to fix my D drive. It's still not being read as ntfs. I fixed my C drive, and I cam do the same with my D drive. My D drive has all my important stuff too. Any rock raiders or other stuff is stored there. I will be VERY unhappy if it gets wiped. Maybe someone at my moms work can help me with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 I can help with that. Edit /etc/fstab as root (admin) and paste the following: /dev/sda1 /mnt ntfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 Replacec /dev/sda1 with the correct drive name (probably /dev/sdb1) and /mnt with where you want to mount it to (possibly even /home/username/Desktop/DDrive). Then reboot and it *should* work (if you created the folder ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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