Kubuntu

Continuation of this thread
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=88649&page=2

Hi,

I installed Kubuntu on my Dell B130, and I have some problems.

1) How to access my NTFS partitions from linux.
2) When booting the laptop default os is kubuntu. How can I change it to windows?
3) When I try to use the Wireless Assistant, it says that I dont hv permission. What does that mean? (I'm the only user other than the systems default users and in the login window I cant login as root either)

Thanks in advance

PS: I really want to ditch windows someday and make linux my primary OS, but so far my encounter with linux has not been that good.
Anyway hope for the best

 

I really do not know the answers to any of the questions but 2. you should see the option when booting up. for Ubuntu there are 5, or so options to pick from for me there is the option to run xp home or Ubuntu-with additional options to run them in safe mode. did you chose to wipe the entire HD when you were asked to partition?

 

1) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lkraider/NtfsFuse?highlight=(ntfs)
2) https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto/ChangeDefaultOS
3) unfortunately I don't know about that one. I don't use KDE. Hopefully someone else knows what's going on with that.

 

Thanks..

@BigV... I'll look in to them

@RefinedPower... No, I installed linux in a seperate partition.
when booting up I get the GRUB, but windows is the last option. That means if I didnt select any it will be booted in Linux. But I wanted it to be booted in windows if I didnt select any option. I want windows to be the default OS

 

2)open a console window and type:

Code:

sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_old
sudo kedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

to change the default OS,
1st method:
find this line:

Code:

default 0

and change it to:

Code:

default 3

(if you have 4 choices and Windows is the last one then its position is 3)
2nd method: (if you want the Windows to be top of the menu)
cut these lines:

Code:

title		Microsoft Windows XP Pro
root		(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

and paste them before the 1st choice to look something like this:

Code:

title		Microsoft Windows XP Pro
root		(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

title		Kubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
...

EDIT:do I have to say: save your changes

 

What do you mean you can't login as root? It should be your default user account that you set up when you installed it.

 

nononoononoo

root is a totally seperate account that Ubuntu (and flavours) have disabled access to by default. if you are logged on as root, you have total access to the entirety of your machine, including read/write to system directories. all of this with no checks on what you do.

the user account you create is a normal user, but Ubuntu has it set up so that you can user your user password to make changes to the system on a per-use basis. if your try typing "rm -rf /" into a terminal, you'll get a no permissions error, except maybe your home directory. however, if you type "sudo rm -rf /" and enter your password, you can hose the system. I think it's a good compromise between ease of use and local security.

 

thanks everyone

@BigV - Yeah, then I booted in Safe mode and logged in as root and changed the menu.lst file. Now its fine. I get windoes as my defualt OS.

I went to this link that u gave me.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lkraider/Ntf...ght=(ntfs)

but when I saw this warning I kinda freaked out
" WARNING! Ntfs writing support is still experimental! You should not enable it on production machines and/or volumes you don't have backups of. Proceed at your own risk! "

I dont want to lose my data.
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Can someone pls tell me whats the uninstalltion process of kubuntu.
(not to uninstall it now, but I would like to know just in case)
I can always format the linux partitions using partition magic.
but then what will happen to the GRUB?
when powering up the machine will I still see the OS selection menu with kubuntu options in it?

if so how can I restore it to the normal mode. ( what I had before, with only windows installed in the system)

 

About NTFS, I forgot to mention that there is a read-only way to access your data that is totally safe so far as I know and a read-write way which is potentially experimental and unsafe. I've been using the "un-safe" way for quite some time with no issue, but if you don't want to take the risk, go to:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountNtfsOnBoot

and that will give you read-only access to NTFS partitions.

As for uninstalling GRUB, the method that has worked for me in the past is inserting your windows CD (the genuine one, NOT a manufacturer's rescue disk) and then entering the recovery console when the option come up, then issuing the FIXBOOT and FIXMBR commands. If you don't have a genuine windows disk, I'm not sure what your options are, try searching Google.

 

so by mentioning a genuine windows disk, i suppose a Windows XP CD provided by Dell would be ok?

 

well, if it gives you the option to enter a recovery console, you're golden