Thanks, Gud. No rush. Later tonight is fine, and in the meantime, I'll look in /media.
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Sean K - Dec 04, 2006 7:37:46 am PST #9712 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
esse - Dec 04, 2006 12:53:43 pm PST #9713 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Gud, thanks for the advice; I was in the middle of writing a post to you when Windows crashed, as it has done every single time I've booted the damned computer for the last four days. Something with winlogon, I think.
I set up a partition and went to install Ubuntu, but the installer crashed and now the hard disk isn't seeing the primary partition that holds Windows. I loaded up Knoppix, and all the file tree and files are still there, but for some reason it won't boot. at this point I just want to chuck the thing out the window, except then I remembered that I really enjoy using knoppix. So I'm thinking about doing a hard-disk install of that. The only thing that holds me back is iTunes.
Stupid computers.
Gudanov - Dec 04, 2006 5:28:15 pm PST #9714 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
I think if you do the following on the command line a Disk management utility will appear.
sudo apt-get install gparted sudo apt-get install pysdm
Then in administration the "Storage Device Manager" will show up and I believe this is the tool that can mount other partitions in a GUI.
The Disks utility was in the previous version of Ubuntu and I don't know why it isn't there in 6.10.
I'd check to make sure the shares aren't already there. If you post your "/etc/fstab" file, I can tell you if a windows partition is being mounted automatically.
Gudanov - Dec 04, 2006 5:30:00 pm PST #9715 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
The Ubuntu install crashed? Hmm... If you like Knoppix you could also try Freespire, or Mandriva, or SUSE (choosing KDE instead of GNOME).
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2006 5:47:53 pm PST #9716 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
With both Windows and the Ubuntu crashing, I'm wondering if it's a disk (hardware) problem....
evil jimi - Dec 04, 2006 8:33:38 pm PST #9717 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
A cool 404 page :) [link]
omnis_audis - Dec 04, 2006 8:35:13 pm PST #9718 of 10003
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
A cool 404 page :) [link]
That rocked!
NoiseDesign - Dec 05, 2006 12:00:55 am PST #9719 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Okay, that's it. I fell victim. I'm in the process of installing ubuntu on one of my machines. In a short time my desktop will have three computers with three different operating systems running and no less than 4 LCD monitors shining away. I think I need help.
amych - Dec 05, 2006 3:33:04 am PST #9720 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I think I need help.
More OSes than people is a perfectly normal state!
Cass - Dec 05, 2006 3:36:39 am PST #9721 of 10003
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
More OSes than people is a perfectly normal state!In my family it is cars, but the same law.
Perfectly normal...
eta: ACK! Nattery in the notNattery thread. My bad.