Fortunately, it had not written the bootloader to the disk yet and I could
reboot into my old configuration. Rebooted into PCLinuxOS (2009.1) and
restored the partitions on the HD and consigned Ubuntu OS to where I always
have, "The circular file."

Dr. Deb wrote:

You shouldn't multipost, it's really evil, even Bill Gates is nicer than
that.


Fortunately, it had not written the bootloader to the disk yet and I
could
reboot into my old configuration. Rebooted into PCLinuxOS (2009.1) and
restored the partitions on the HD and consigned Ubuntu OS to where I
always have, "The circular file."

It's more than enough with one bootloader, the few times I have more than
one Linux installed, I have the same /boot, that way I have one place for
grub files and kernels (of course some of mine run different bootlaoders
like slilo, bootcreator, depending on the architecture).

Dr. Deb wrote:

You shouldn't multipost, it's really evil, even Bill Gates is nicer than
that.


Fortunately, it had not written the bootloader to the disk yet and I
could
reboot into my old configuration. Rebooted into PCLinuxOS (2009.1) and
restored the partitions on the HD and consigned Ubuntu OS to where I
always have, "The circular file."

It's more than enough with one bootloader, the few times I have more than
one Linux installed, I have the same /boot, that way I have one place for
grub files and kernels (of course some of mine run different bootlaoders
like slilo, bootcreator, depending on the architecture).

Doubtful.

J.O. Aho wrote:

Dr. Deb wrote:

You shouldn't multipost, it's really evil, even Bill Gates is nicer than
that.
Doubtful.

Since not everyone reads both, I thought I would post in both places

I downloaded Kubuntu, Xubuntu and UbuntuStudio. They failed the Gateway
test, almost. I did get Xubuntu to load as a LiveCD by turning off
everything I could under "F6" and setting "F4" to "Safe Video" mode and
let it run several hours in that mode before I decided to do an install
into a blank partition. Then the fun began.

All went well until I got to the partitioning. I have only one question
about the partitioner, "What grade school class did they farm the
partitioner software out to?" The wonderful folks at Ubuntu know you
are too stupid to select a partition, so they do it for you, kinda
sorta. But do they allow you any input? Well, technically, yes. You
can select whether you want the entire disk wiped or to install Ubuntu
along side exisiting OS's. But no control over what partition, file
system, Swap location (I have a large existing Swap partition but it
would not use it, instead created a second Swap partition), left a large
section of the HD without any allocation, gave you no control over how
to allocate that unassigned space.

Dr. Deb wrote:
J.O. Aho wrote:

Dr. Deb wrote:

You shouldn't multipost, it's really evil, even Bill Gates is nicer than
that.
Doubtful.

Since not everyone reads both, I thought I would post in both places

If you have to post to more than one group, make a cross post, don't use
follow-up (if you must, you state that in our post), this prevents people
to have to answer the same question as they don't see what someone else
has replied and allows users of both newsgroups to follow the threat
without loosing information.

I downloaded Kubuntu, Xubuntu and UbuntuStudio. They failed the Gateway
test, almost. I did get Xubuntu to load as a LiveCD by turning off
everything I could under "F6" and setting "F4" to "Safe Video" mode and let
it run several hours in that mode before I decided to do an install into a
blank partition. Then the fun began.

All went well until I got to the partitioning. I have only one question
about the partitioner, "What grade school class did they farm the
partitioner software out to?" The wonderful folks at Ubuntu know you are
too stupid to select a partition, so they do it for you, kinda sorta. But
do they allow you any input? Well, technically, yes. You can select
whether you want the entire disk wiped or to install Ubuntu along side
exisiting OS's. But no control over what partition, file system, Swap
location (I have a large existing Swap partition but it would not use it,
instead created a second Swap partition), left a large section of the HD
without any allocation, gave you no control over how to allocate that
unassigned space. As if that were not bad enough, at that point the system
locked up.

Fortunately, it had not written the bootloader to the disk yet and I could
reboot into my old configuration. Rebooted into PCLinuxOS (2009.1) and
restored the partitions on the HD and consigned Ubuntu OS to where I always
have, "The circular file."


I must say this, just to be honest, it system looks good and might be okay
on a clone, but this Gateway GT5220 of mine is very picky on what it allows
to install. Probably a gift in honor os the folks in Redmond, Wa.

Deb

Dr. Deb wrote:
I downloaded Kubuntu, Xubuntu and UbuntuStudio. They failed the
Gateway test, almost. I did get Xubuntu to load as a LiveCD by turning
off everything I could under "F6" and setting "F4" to "Safe Video" mode
and let it run several hours in that mode before I decided to do an
install into a blank partition. Then the fun began.

All went well until I got to the partitioning. I have only one
question about the partitioner, "What grade school class did they farm
the partitioner software out to?" The wonderful folks at Ubuntu know
you are too stupid to select a partition, so they do it for you, kinda
sorta. But do they allow you any input? Well, technically, yes. You
can select whether you want the entire disk wiped or to install Ubuntu
along side exisiting OS's. But no control over what partition, file
system, Swap location (I have a large existing Swap partition but it
would not use it, instead created a second Swap partition), left a
large section of the HD without any allocation, gave you no control
over how to allocate that unassigned space. As if that were not bad
enough, at that point the system locked up.

Fortunately, it had not written the bootloader to the disk yet and I
could reboot into my old configuration. Rebooted into PCLinuxOS
(2009.1) and restored the partitions on the HD and consigned Ubuntu OS
to where I always have, "The circular file."


I must say this, just to be honest, it system looks good and might be
okay on a clone, but this Gateway GT5220 of mine is very picky on what
it allows to install. Probably a gift in honor os the folks in
Redmond, Wa.

Deb



You sure missed something.
Ubuntu 9.10 like all distributions I've ever seen has custom
partitioning...


However, I gave 9.10 a try it networking does *not* work!

9.04 worked perfectly but it was broken with 9.10

*all* settings between my two installations are identical


Just for example...I can get to Google and do a search but not one link
will connect.

Cannot get to other URL's such as Gmail or Yahoo

how could this one have been released without it being tested?

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:37:20 -0500, philo wrote:

Dr. Deb wrote:
I downloaded Kubuntu, Xubuntu and UbuntuStudio. They failed the
Gateway test, almost. I did get Xubuntu to load as a LiveCD by turning
off everything I could under "F6" and setting "F4" to "Safe Video" mode
and let it run several hours in that mode before I decided to do an
install into a blank partition. Then the fun began.

All went well until I got to the partitioning. I have only one
question about the partitioner, "What grade school class did they farm
the partitioner software out to?" The wonderful folks at Ubuntu know
you are too stupid to select a partition, so they do it for you, kinda
sorta. But do they allow you any input? Well, technically, yes. You
can select whether you want the entire disk wiped or to install Ubuntu
along side exisiting OS's. But no control over what partition, file
system, Swap location (I have a large existing Swap partition but it
would not use it, instead created a second Swap partition), left a
large section of the HD without any allocation, gave you no control
over how to allocate that unassigned space. As if that were not bad
enough, at that point the system locked up.

Fortunately, it had not written the bootloader to the disk yet and I
could reboot into my old configuration. Rebooted into PCLinuxOS
(2009.1) and restored the partitions on the HD and consigned Ubuntu OS
to where I always have, "The circular file."


I must say this, just to be honest, it system looks good and might be
okay on a clone, but this Gateway GT5220 of mine is very picky on what
it allows to install. Probably a gift in honor os the folks in
Redmond, Wa.

Deb


You sure missed something.
Ubuntu 9.10 like all distributions I've ever seen has custom
partitioning...


However, I gave 9.10 a try it networking does *not* work!

9.04 worked perfectly but it was broken with 9.10

*all* settings between my two installations are identical


Just for example...I can get to Google and do a search but not one link
will connect.

Cannot get to other URL's such as Gmail or Yahoo

how could this one have been released without it being tested?

Don't be silly. It works perfectly here (and with hundreds of thousands
of other folks). It's obviously something in your setup or hardware.

In addition to the bit I wrote originally let me add one thing.

I downloaded Kubuntu, Xubuntu and UbuntuStudio. They failed the Gateway
test, almost. I did get Xubuntu to load as a LiveCD by turning off
everything I could under "F6" and setting "F4" to "Safe Video" mode and
let it run several hours in that mode before I decided to do an install
into a
blank partition. Then the fun began.

All went well until I got to the partitioning. I have only one question
about the partitioner, "What grade school class did they farm the
partitioner software out to?" The wonderful folks at Ubuntu know you are
too stupid to select a partition, so they do it for you, kinda sorta. But
do they allow you any input? Well, technically, yes. You can select
whether you want the entire disk wiped or to install Ubuntu along side
exisiting OS's. But no control over what partition, file system, Swap
location (I have a large existing Swap partition but it would not use it,
instead created a second Swap partition), left a large section of the HD
without any allocation, gave you no control over how to allocate that
unassigned space. As if that were not bad enough, at that point the
system locked up.

Fortunately, it had not written the bootloader to the disk yet and I could
reboot into my old configuration. Rebooted into PCLinuxOS (2009.1) and
restored the partitions on the HD and consigned Ubuntu OS to where I
always have, "The circular file."


I must say this, just to be honest, it system looks good and might be okay
on a clone, but this Gateway GT5220 of mine is very picky on what it
allows
to install. Probably a gift in honor os the folks in Redmond, Wa.

Deb

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:56:46 -0600, Dr. Deb trolled:

In addition to the bit I wrote originally let me add one thing.

Nope. You're a clueless, drooling stooge. Anyone who can't install
Ubuntu is a retarded fucking moron, or perhaps just genetically stupid.

This may help you in the future:

http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/cluepon.jpg

But I suspect your real problem is this:

http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/headsup.jpg

Bugger off, troll.

Dan C wrote:

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:56:46 -0600, Dr. Deb trolled:

In addition to the bit I wrote originally let me add one thing.

Nope. You're a clueless, drooling stooge. Anyone who can't install
Ubuntu is a retarded fucking moron, or perhaps just genetically stupid.

This may help you in the future:

http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/cluepon.jpg

But I suspect your real problem is this:

http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/headsup.jpg

Bugger off, troll.




Dan, you are eptitomy of those displaying the full range of the social
graces.