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    Dual boot, how to select vista automatically?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by kevanio09, Feb 13, 2008.

  1. kevanio09

    kevanio09 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just installed Ubuntu 7.10, dual boot with vista, however i want it to automatically select vista on startup, not ubuntu...i have never used linux before so any help would be great :)

    Thanks
     
    kevanio09, Feb 13, 2008
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  2. John B

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    Open Synaptic (package manager) --> install the package "startup-manager" --> change the default OS
     
    John B, Feb 13, 2008
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    gerryf19, Feb 13, 2008
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    DANG, I wish I would have known that before doing it the hard wya
     
    gerryf19, Feb 13, 2008
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    Not that the "hard way" is all that hard, but having a little GUI would be nice... hahaha
     
    liquidiq, Feb 14, 2008
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    i have found synaptic package manager but there is no startup manager that i can find
     
    kevanio09, Feb 14, 2008
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    try

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install startup-manager

    (Hitting Tab after typing "start" should list all available packages)
     
    Amol, Feb 14, 2008
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    i have tried that but it says

    kev@Kiala:~$ sudo apt-get install startup-manager
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    E: Couldn't find package startup-manager
    kev@Kiala:~$
     
    kevanio09, Feb 14, 2008
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    Probably because you have to enable some repositories...
    In Synaptic, click on Settings --> Repositories, under the tab Ubuntu software make sure that everything is checked.
     
    John B, Feb 14, 2008
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    Thanks seems to be working now :)
     
    kevanio09, Feb 15, 2008
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    John -
    Are you running Ubuntu? I don't remember. Downloaded "startup manager". How do you bring it up? I'm not sure where it went :rolleyes:
     
    Telkwa, Feb 15, 2008
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    System --> Administration --> Startup-manager
     
    John B, Feb 15, 2008
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    Thanks, John -
    There it is, and with options for Appearance, Security, etc. Cool!

    I had no idea there was anything like this available. Using Linux feels like a gift. People just keep giving out neat stuff.

    Using vista feels like a burden.
     
    Telkwa, Feb 18, 2008
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    I can't get it to install, even after checking all the repositories. :confused:

    Should I try again after rebooting?
     
    pixelot, Feb 19, 2008
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    Have you tried to reload the sources?
     
    John B, Feb 19, 2008
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    Probably not. :eek:
     
    pixelot, Feb 19, 2008
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    Does it work now?
     
    John B, Feb 19, 2008
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    I'm not in Ubuntu now. I'll work with it more later...

    When I do, is there some way to undo things? Like updates and installations? I followed some instructions I thought would enable sound (checked all the Ubuntu updates, including backports) and downloaded them (I think it was sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-generic) and after that not only did the sound not work, the icon had a red x by it, and when I clicked on it it gave me some error.

    However, after downloading the codecs, media would play, but I wouldn't hear anything. :( Maybe it would have worked fine if I hadn't downloaded those backport updates? :confused:

    And I can't get packages to install with the sudo apt-get install command, but I can find them by searching in the Synaptic package manager; I tried to download startup manager there, but after all the files had downloaded (I thought) I tried to exit, and it acted as if they still needed to be downloaded. :mad:

    I don't get it....
     
    pixelot, Feb 19, 2008
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