[03:53] <hjmf> @schedule madrid
[07:59] <bjames> soundray: hi?
[07:59] <soundray> Hi
[08:00] <soundray> Which part of the Recovering... page have you used?
[08:00] <bjames> soundray: right I have two IDE drives (hda1 - 160G and hda2 = 40G) there are three partitions - hda1 = / and swap and hda2 = /media/hda2
[08:00] <ammz> Classroom hi
[08:00] <bjames> soundray: the first part
[08:00] <bjames> using hda(0)
[08:00] <bjames> hda(0 )
[08:00] <bjames> setup (hd0) even
[08:01] <bjames> just to be clear I'm doing it again I'll do each step and tell you how it goes
[08:01] <bjames> 1. LiveCD is now booting
[08:01] <ammz> bjames are you installing Ubuntu?
[08:01] <bjames> I've already installed it
[08:01] <ammz> ow ok... What do you need help with :D
[08:01] <bjames> 6.06 LTS on x86
[08:02] <soundray> ammz: trying to install grub to MBR
[08:02] <ammz> ok... ehm good luck :D
[08:02] <bjames> I'm just confused that as the disk doesn't have any other OS why did Ubuntu not put the bootloader in the MBR anyway?!
[08:02] <bjames> right I have a terminal
[08:02] <bjames> sudo -i
[08:03] <soundray> bjames: you're right, it should have
[08:03] <bjames> grub
[08:03] <ammz> *cry* i wanna learn linux o.o!!!
[08:03] <soundray> bjames: open another one and run 'tail -f /var/log/syslog' please
[08:03] <bjames> find /boot/grub/stage1
[08:03] <bjames> ok
[08:03] <soundray> !cli > ammz, read pm pls
[08:03] <ammz> !cli
[08:03] <ubotu> The linux terminal or command-line interface is very powerful. Open a terminal via Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal (Gnome) or K-menu -> System -> Konsole (KDE).  Manuals: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BasicCommands
[08:04] <ammz> oh
[08:04] <ammz> sorry i ment advanced linux
[08:04] <soundray> ammz: please, we joined this channel in order to have less noise.
[08:04] <ammz> powerful shell scripts and so on
[08:04] <bjames> root (hd0,0)
[08:04] <soundray> ammz: search the web for "abs bash"
[08:04] <ammz> it's text.... but i get what you mean.. i'll shut up
[08:05] <bjames> it tells me the FS is reiserFS (true) partition type 0x7
[08:05] <bjames> setup (hd0)
[08:05] <bjames> ??
[08:05] <soundray> bjames: I think you're on the wrong part of the page
[08:06] <ammz> soundray do you know a good firewall?
[08:06] <soundray> bjames, go to "Using the Desktop/LiveCD and Overwriting the Windows bootloader"
[08:06] <soundray> telephone
[08:06] <bjames> ok I'll do that and see how I get on
[08:08] <bjames> ok, something is definately wrong - when I run fdisk -l it states that the drive that should contain Linux is of type HPFS/NTFS
[08:09] <bjames> soundray: I'm thinking I might need to start over, doing something different?
[08:36] <bjames> soundray: ?
[08:37] <bjames> soundray: I've repartitioned the devices so they appear correctly when issuing "fdisk -l" - I'm going to reinstall and let you know how it goes
[08:38] <soundray> bjames: sorry about the interruption
[08:39] <soundray> I hope you'll get it working this time
[08:39] <bjames> soundray: not at all, thanks for the help thus far
[08:39] <bjames> soundray: it's odd that the installer mangled the partition info
[08:40] <soundray> Yes, it is...
[08:40] <soundray> In any case, you seem to have a good plan -- good luck
[08:41] <bjames> soundray: cheers