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| Dabo_ | I have ubuntu 12.04 lts installed with windows 7, I believe it is dual booting, but I think it is wubi. Anyways, it is in a seperate partion. I want to remove it and re-install ubuntu into a bigger space, and all. My question is, will it harm my computer to remove/format the partition that ubuntu is in and then install ubuntu again using a live cd? | 09:48 |
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| Dabo_ | Actually, never mind, sorry. I can't really stay up any later tonight, I will come back in teh morning | 09:51 |
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| Dabo_ | I currently have Ubuntu 12.04 installed dual booting with windows 7, in a separate partion. I believe I used the wubi installer. My question is will it harm my computer if I just format the ubuntu partion? And if it will not, would it be a better idea to use windows or to use a live cd with gparted to format it. Last time I used gparted to edit my system, windows freaked out and checked all the disks, but it booted up fine. | 18:12 |
| Dabo_ | I do have a backup of all my data in ubuntu stored in windows. And after formating the partion I would want to re install ubuntu using a live cd. | 18:13 |
| coalwater | Dabo_: there's one concern | 18:15 |
| coalwater | Dabo_: it might ruin ur boot | 18:15 |
| Dabo_ | windows boot? | 18:15 |
| coalwater | Dabo_: do u use grub or windows boot | 18:15 |
| Dabo_ | I use windows bootloader currently, but if Grub will be able to boot into windows, then I am fine with using it. | 18:15 |
| Dabo_ | Would installing with a live CD install grub?> | 18:16 |
| coalwater | Dabo_: if you want to login into ubuntu do u go windows boot > grub > ubuntu ? | 18:16 |
| Dabo_ | It usually goes directly from windows boot to ubuntu | 18:16 |
| Dabo_ | And currently I have a totally messed up ubuntu system, that I just want to format and then re install correctly. | 18:16 |
| coalwater | if you're going to reinstall i suppose ubuntu will update the grub after installation anyway | 18:17 |
| coalwater | i was thinking ull remove ubuntu for good | 18:17 |
| Dabo_ | Ah, yes. I am not sure if I currently have grub, because I used the windows installer. Part of the thing is just removing Ubuntu that was installed through windows, and then getting a real version of ubuntu that actually uses the amount of space I can give it. | 18:19 |
| coalwater | wait wait, is ubuntu a file under windows? or ext4 partition ? | 18:19 |
| Dabo_ | it is in a nfts partion. | 18:20 |
| Dabo_ | but I believe I used the downloadable windows installer | 18:20 |
| coalwater | in windows u see ubuntu as one huge file? | 18:20 |
| coalwater | .img i think ? | 18:20 |
| coalwater | or something | 18:20 |
| Dabo_ | I see the root.disk in a seperate hard disk, | 18:20 |
| coalwater | yea i understand now | 18:20 |
| Dabo_ | like I have C:, B:, and a ubuntu drive | 18:20 |
| coalwater | u should find ubuntu in the add/remove inside windows | 18:21 |
| coalwater | check that | 18:21 |
| Dabo_ | I tried that, and it didn't really do anything | 18:21 |
| Dabo_ | I will get hte error | 18:21 |
| coalwater | ok u can delete it manually and partition, but ull need to update the boot.ini manually, can u do that ? | 18:21 |
| coalwater | or nvm, grub will update it | 18:22 |
| Dabo_ | Ok, so it would be safe to just format the ubuntu drive? if I am re installing ubuntu using a live CD | 18:22 |
| Dabo_ | oh, and the windows uninstaller says "An error occured while trying to uninstall Ubuntu. You do not have access to L:\ubuntu\uninstall-wubi.ece. | 18:23 |
| coalwater | hmm well idk about the windows uninstaller, but i think u can just ignore it, u can format the partition but when booting choosing ubuntu will fail, until u update the boot.ini or install the new ubuntu | 18:24 |
| Dabo_ | ok | 18:25 |
| Dabo_ | But booting into windows will work? | 18:25 |
| coalwater | yea it should work just fine | 18:25 |
| Dabo_ | Ok, thank you. | 18:25 |
| Dabo_ | BTW currently ubuntu won't boot anyways :P | 18:25 |
| coalwater | ok lets talk about that if u have time | 18:25 |
| Dabo_ | I messed it up using GParted. | 18:25 |
| coalwater | what do u get when trying to boot | 18:25 |
| Dabo_ | a message about the file windows failed to start." and the file /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr was missing or corrupt. I can't remember exactly | 18:26 |
| Dabo_ | That is because I had moved and expanded the ubuntu partion in a live CD | 18:27 |
| coalwater | ok maybe because the partition letter changed | 18:27 |
| Dabo_ | I am going to format the Ubuntu partion now, though. | 18:27 |
| coalwater | btw u can mount the image file in live cd | 18:28 |
| coalwater | if u need any files | 18:28 |
| Dabo_ | That is how I made a backup :) | 18:28 |
| coalwater | did u try to update the gurb from there? | 18:28 |
| coalwater | after mounting | 18:28 |
| Dabo_ | I didn't, | 18:28 |
| coalwater | could be a last try, if u still want to keep it | 18:28 |
| Dabo_ | I would rather, at this point just re install it. | 18:29 |
| coalwater | yea, ok, good luck | 18:29 |
| Dabo_ | because I think also that I want to create a swap partion, and have the ubuntu drive be a around 50gb instead of 20 | 18:29 |
| Dabo_ | oh, and one more thing | 18:30 |
| coalwater | how comfortable are u with partitioning and stuff | 18:30 |
| Dabo_ | Will it work for me to create the drive for ubuntu to be in in windows? or would that mess up the live CD install | 18:30 |
| coalwater | this is still the same method u already have | 18:31 |
| coalwater | an image file inside windows | 18:31 |
| Dabo_ | I meen, will it install into NTFS, or does it need ext4. | 18:31 |
| Dabo_ | image file? Would GParted see that as a drive? | 18:32 |
| coalwater | nope | 18:32 |
| Dabo_ | it does see ubuntu as a drive though... | 18:32 |
| coalwater | cause u created the ubuntu image file in a separate partition | 18:32 |
| Dabo_ | http://i48.tinypic.com/1orwjq.png | 18:32 |
| Dabo_ | the root.disk is in a seperate partion | 18:32 |
| coalwater | yea | 18:32 |
| Dabo_ | that is on the live CD | 18:33 |
| coalwater | there's a partition called ubuntu, that has the image file | 18:33 |
| Dabo_ | yes | 18:33 |
| Dabo_ | I just want to format that partion | 18:33 |
| Dabo_ | now | 18:33 |
| coalwater | do it lol | 18:33 |
| coalwater | but if there's nothing else other than ubuntu, try ext4 | 18:33 |
| Dabo_ | Would it be better to delete it in windows? And then create an ext4 with the live CD? | 18:34 |
| coalwater | and u might want to split a 4gb swap after it | 18:34 |
| coalwater | doesn't matter much | 18:34 |
| Dabo_ | or to just let it install into a windows NTFS. Ok | 18:34 |
| coalwater | why do u want it to be ntfs | 18:34 |
| Dabo_ | I am just saying, that is what windows makes it | 18:34 |
| coalwater | dont install from wubi | 18:35 |
| coalwater | boot from the cd | 18:35 |
| Dabo_ | I don't need it to be either one, that is what I am asking. | 18:35 |
| Dabo_ | I will | 18:35 |
| Dabo_ | Part of me re installing it is so that I can have it installed via live CD instead of windows wubi | 18:35 |
| coalwater | if u want to try u can try virtual box image and install on it | 18:36 |
| coalwater | to try the experience without playing with ur system | 18:36 |
| Dabo_ | virtual box image? | 18:36 |
| coalwater | u know virtual box right ? | 18:36 |
| Dabo_ | yes, I think so. | 18:37 |
| coalwater | it's easy, u can play with a test image and do w/e you want | 18:38 |
| Dabo_ | ah, I see. | 18:38 |
| Dabo_ | I just deleted the Ubuntu partion, I think I will boot up into the live CD now to install. | 18:38 |
| coalwater | okay, good luck | 18:39 |
| Dabo- | Rebooting in to my live cd now, | 18:43 |
| coalwater | Dabo-: o,forgot u can use the internet while using the live cd lol | 18:55 |
| Dabo- | I have a question. Using the ubuntu installer I have made a ext4 partion and a swap partion when I click install now, it asks me to define a root file system. | 18:57 |
| Dabo_ | Sorry D: | 19:00 |
| Dabo_ | Disconnected accidentally | 19:00 |
| Dabo_ | It is installing. | 19:06 |
| coalwater | Dabo_: did u choose the root partition ? | 19:14 |
| Dabo_ | I just installed it and it fails to boot. I fixed that this by telling it to mount sda7 as / | 19:19 |
| Dabo_ | But now I still can't boot into ubuntu | 19:20 |
| Dabo_ | Would that be because I selected sda7 as where to install the bootloader? | 19:21 |
| coalwater | Dabo_: what do u get when u boot | 19:27 |
| Dabo_ | Option to boot into windows or ubuntu, in the windows bootloader | 19:29 |
| Dabo_ | Ubuntu produces the same error as before | 19:29 |
| Dabo_ | I can boot into windows | 19:30 |
| Dabo_ | I an currently in ubuntu live CD. | 19:38 |
| Dabo_ | It works now :D. Thanks, bye.! | 19:40 |
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| Dabo__ | Back, that didn't work | 21:30 |
| Dabo__ | I am stuck in unity2d, I guess. | 21:32 |
| Dabo__ | I think that compiz was the program that ubuntu had to restart before I Force shut down using REISUB | 21:34 |
| Dabo__ | should I try unity --reset ? | 21:37 |
| coalwater | just unity | 21:37 |
| coalwater | or nit | 21:38 |
| coalwater | not | 21:38 |
| Dabo_ | Back | 21:39 |
| Dabo_ | when I did unity | 21:39 |
| Dabo_ | It goes all weird, with no gray bars above any windows | 21:40 |
| Dabo_ | then It tells me that compiz has crashed | 21:41 |
| Dabo_ | and I have to log out using the upper right hand button and log back in to fix | 21:41 |
| Dabo_ | Sorry about that, XChat just crashed | 21:45 |
| Dabo_ | This is the output of unity --log=LOG.txt --verbose I pasted log.txt into a pastebin | 21:54 |
| Dabo_ | http://pastebin.com/4khBuygi | 21:54 |
| ICU | hello | 23:55 |
| ICU | can someone help me pls | 23:55 |
| mysteriousdaren | ICU: yes ask your question | 23:56 |
| ICU | i am triing to instal wine or PlayOnLinux , but everything i doo get's to an error | 23:57 |
| ICU | http://pastebin.com/R49XGpN2 this is an example | 23:59 |
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