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[07:59] Hi === ammz [n=ammz@cpe.atm2-0-1111024.0x50c5dc86.boanxx9.customer.tele.dk] has joined #ubuntu-classroom [08:00] Which part of the Recovering... page have you used? [08:00] 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] Classroom hi [08:00] soundray: the first part [08:00] using hda(0) [08:00] hda(0 ) [08:00] setup (hd0) even === corevette [n=corevett@adsl-75-35-75-132.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net] has joined #ubuntu-classroom [08:01] just to be clear I'm doing it again I'll do each step and tell you how it goes [08:01] 1. LiveCD is now booting [08:01] bjames are you installing Ubuntu? [08:01] I've already installed it [08:01] ow ok... What do you need help with :D [08:01] 6.06 LTS on x86 [08:02] ammz: trying to install grub to MBR [08:02] ok... ehm good luck :D [08:02] 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] right I have a terminal [08:02] sudo -i [08:03] bjames: you're right, it should have [08:03] grub [08:03] *cry* i wanna learn linux o.o!!! [08:03] bjames: open another one and run 'tail -f /var/log/syslog' please [08:03] find /boot/grub/stage1 [08:03] ok [08:03] !cli > ammz, read pm pls [08:03] !cli [08:03] 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] oh [08:04] sorry i ment advanced linux [08:04] ammz: please, we joined this channel in order to have less noise. [08:04] powerful shell scripts and so on [08:04] root (hd0,0) [08:04] ammz: search the web for "abs bash" [08:04] it's text.... but i get what you mean.. i'll shut up [08:05] it tells me the FS is reiserFS (true) partition type 0x7 [08:05] setup (hd0) [08:05] ?? [08:05] bjames: I think you're on the wrong part of the page [08:06] soundray do you know a good firewall? [08:06] bjames, go to "Using the Desktop/LiveCD and Overwriting the Windows bootloader" [08:06] telephone [08:06] ok I'll do that and see how I get on [08:08] 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] soundray: I'm thinking I might need to start over, doing something different? === PriceChild [n=pricechi@ubuntu/member/pricechild] has joined #ubuntu-classroom === PriceChild [n=pricechi@ubuntu/member/pricechild] has joined #ubuntu-classroom [08:36] soundray: ? === PriceChild [n=pricechi@ubuntu/member/pricechild] has joined #ubuntu-classroom [08:37] 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] bjames: sorry about the interruption [08:39] I hope you'll get it working this time [08:39] soundray: not at all, thanks for the help thus far [08:39] soundray: it's odd that the installer mangled the partition info [08:40] Yes, it is... 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