Kyle playing with windows goes wrong.

Alright, I got bored and decided I was going to dual boot Vista and Xp.

I have 3 hard drives
One master and 2 slaves.
The master is Vista
Slave1 is my extra storage drive
Slave2 is my Xp

Master and Slave1 are on the same IDE cable.
Slave2 is on the same IDE cable as my cd rom, I don't know if I SHOULD do this, but it is working now.

So I installed XP and it is running fine and all that, but when I restart it doesn't ask which OS I want to boot.

So I unplugged my hard drive that XP is on and thought it would just boot Vista with no problem and just run how it was before I started to screw wit things. But it didn't work.

Any ideas on how I can fix this?

If not, I can just install Windows XP: Media Center and get the features I that I use with Vista.

XP should have been installed FIRST, I know XP has a boot manager built in, dunno about Vista..but everybody i have seen on tech forums always installed Vista AFTER XP was installed.

If you just want the shit Vista has from Media Center just install Media Center only.
Then ya got lots of extra HDD space for Lesbo porn ;)


Better yet install Media Center and Ultimate Ubuntu..only is ya don't have a ATI card installed.. :L with ATI and Linux

Forget that..ya may fuck that up, ya may get a little confused where the drive and swap file should be on the install.

No I do want Ubuntu.
I was actually going to mess with that AFTER I got my stuff fixed with Vista and XP dual boot.

I will take your advice and go with Windows XP: Media Center.

Maybe I can skype you one day and give me a step by step so I don't screw things up. I am in the process of backing things up now.

Lemmie know when ya wanna do Ubuntu.
Did you DL the Ultimate Ubuntu? If not DL it first, burn to a DVD.

When you are ready get your headset on and I will talk to ya through Skype.

I know you miss my sexy voice :D

Make it before 8PM though, I'm usually pretty drunk after that :shock:

And not on the weekend..I'm REALLY toasted then.

lmao nice,
I will finish with XP and all that fun stuff today. Probably do Ubuntu tomorrow or next week. I am busy thursday - sunday.

actually ubuntu will install its own boot manager so it doesn't matter what order you installed vista and xp.

Grub should be able to boot each hd separately.

Grub will do a good job..the thing I don't like is when ya have XP and Linux installed XP wants to know what OS you want to boot when the box has XP installed on it before Linux , and then Grub kicks in, its like loading two boot managers, although I prefer Grub over LILO .

I am pretty sure I resolved my problem if I follow these steps.

http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp

Thanks for the help.

10gb is plenty for Ubuntu right?

I'm sure that would work..but i still cant for the life of me understand why anybody wants Vista now..XP works with all the drivers and games you have, Vista is not ready for prime time yet, don't get me wrong, it will be in time, but you are just a fuckin beta tester for M$ with Vista..there is NO advantage with Vista that I can tell..I want shit to work, fuck eye candy.

I think people install Vista just to say to their friends.."Hey look..I got Vista on this comp, doesn't it look cool? ".
And then your fav game doesn't load :L


EDIT..10 gigs is enough for Ultimate Ubuntu..but ya may wanna up that cus ya wanna install games and other software..O Ya..and porn :D

I am in the process of updating XP now, of course Windows Update is useless but that WindizUpdate isn't working right.

I keep getting the same thing to download and install then it says to reboot, which I do, then I scan for new updates and it again gives me the same damn update.

About my 5th time rebooting, luckily it takes about 5 seconds to reboot.
God do I miss only wasting 279mb of ram for the OS. It is a beauty lol.

Yes I know Vista isn't great, but oh well.

I got two comps i installed XP SP2 on about a year ago and I never updated anything..I havn't had a fuckin virus since win 98.
But then again i don't use Outlook Express or IE the virus magnets.
FFS, the only spyware i get in Windows are min risk cookies .

I don't even have a Anti Virus program in any cept for 1 comp, and that one has Free AVG for Windows and Linux, and i never have it running, i just right click and scan a suspicious file, and i download and upload a shitload more that you guys do.

I have said this a billion times, but anybody that gets a virus usually asks for it.
All the porn and movies and software are safe to get IF ya know where to get them, and only morons click on attachments, or use dipshit programs like Kazza ,Morpheus etc..

If ya know where to go, and you guys should by now..FFS you where practicly born with a computer you can get anything ya want safely. I had to learn all this shit back in the 80's and in the 80's i was gettin to be in my 30's


You guys need updates and anti virus programs running, cus you are the young and the reckless..
And i still think Windows 2K was the best OS M$ ever put out .

I'm not raggin on any of you guys, its just baffles me how everybody still gets virus problems, when there have been shitloads of info available how NOT to get them.

I am not saying I Need a virus program nor a spyware program. lol
I'm not a dumb ass on a computer either, I just finally wanted to go back to XP because I am out of high school and I have free time.

But yeah, that firefox update site isn't working.

Same buk, win xp2 and haven't gotten a virus on any pc in my house in...well ever. I use limewire once in a great while to download one specific song.

Lemmie know if ya want to chat on Skype Limp, we could set up a time if ya run into problems .

whenever you want buk, how about around noon today? I have to go into work with my dad to fix some of the computers there for some monnneyy lol. Don't wait for me though if I am not here.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Bukowski

I got two comps i installed XP SP2 on about a year ago and I never updated anything..I havn't had a fuckin virus since win 98.
But then again i don't use Outlook Express or IE the virus magnets.
FFS, the only spyware i get in Windows are min risk cookies .

I don't even have a Anti Virus program in any cept for 1 comp, and that one has Free AVG for Windows and Linux, and i never have it running, i just right click and scan a suspicious file, and i download and upload a shitload more that you guys do.

I have said this a billion times, but anybody that gets a virus usually asks for it.
All the porn and movies and software are safe to get IF ya know where to get them, and only morons click on attachments, or use dipshit programs like Kazza ,Morpheus etc..

If ya know where to go, and you guys should by now..FFS you where practicly born with a computer you can get anything ya want safely. I had to learn all this shit back in the 80's and in the 80's i was gettin to be in my 30's


You guys need updates and anti virus programs running, cus you are the young and the reckless..
And i still think Windows 2K was the best OS M$ ever put out .

I'm not raggin on any of you guys, its just baffles me how everybody still gets virus problems, when there have been shitloads of info available how NOT to get them.

---

a-fuckin-men

i am actually ready now if you are buk

hey buk
i couldnt remember what name i used on skype so my new one is: limppimp712

limppimple add me to your skype with the button in my sig.

+yeah buk i didnt think about the two boot managers. that does suck.

I added you
I got my Vista and XP dual booting and it is working really nicely.
Need to talk to either of you two for some linux help.

k. ill have to make sure my mic and shit is working. i dont remember if i set it all up last time or not. ill be home later tonight some time. ill hit you with a msg on skype or something to see whats up.

alright, if i am not on skype, msg me on aim or on here.

OR YOU COULD GET INTO THE IRC CHAT!!

dunno what happened but im the only one in there right now :L

i would get it in, but i am on my dad's laptop and my computer is on linux right now live booting.
I could just ask you here so I can continue.

It is asking me where I want to install it.
I have 3 hard drives
Vista, Storage, XP, then a Partition on the XP for linux that is 10gb big.
Should I choose the one that says something about pick the largest continuos partition or something like that?

hds are listed like so:

first hd: hda (sda if they are sata)
second hd: hdb (sdb)

etc etc

now partions are like so:
first partition on first hd. hda1(sda1)
second partition on first hd. hda2 (sda2)

first partition on second hd. hdb1(sdb1)

etc etc.


so its up to you figure out which hd you put the partition on. you should be able browse and look at the different hard drives you can install it on. just look for the 10gb partition and select that. its been a little while since i installed and i have it on its own hd so i just chose my sda drive. but i imagine that partitions show up the same way the hd's do.

I will just tell you what the installer says

Select a Disk
You can have the installer automatically create space in various ways on any one of the following hard disks. Alternatively, you can partition the disks manually.
Choice 1: /dev/hda: IDE1 master (hda) - 80.0 GB
^^^^ That is my vista, which is a no no
Choice 2: /dev/hdb:IDE1 slave (hdb) - 122.9GB
^^^^ My storage, which is a no no as well lol
Choice 3: /dev/hdd:IDE2 slave (hdd) - 40gb
^^^My XP
How come it doesn't show my partition I already created on the 40gb hard drive?

Choice 4: Use the largest continuous free space.
Choice 5: Manually edit partition table.
^^ I was trying to do that one before, and I had the thing partitioned. It said Linux needed atleast 2gb for root and another partition for swap that is atleast 256MB big.
So I created another partition as well for swap that was 512mb big, and had like 9. something for root.
Then it asked where I wanted to mount things.
Got confusing and quit.

Now I am here, confused and lost lol.

sorry i got busy reading something else and forgot about you pal

going through the partition editor was the correct way but what was it asking to mount?

Think I fixed it, if you dont hear back from it, I probably killed my computer because I formated one of my drives.
Moment of truths.
I am scared! lol.

as long as you backed up your important data(porn) then you should have nothing to worry about.

God speed Limp :L

I DID IT! YAY I am so happy lol.
Now it is getting rid of the linux boot manager and using windows.

did you just type that backwards or what?

I guess, I am just happy I didn't fuck shit up.
How do I get beryl to work?

are you running ultimate or what?
http://wiki.beryl-project.org/index....buntu/Edgy/XGL

http://www.ubuntuforums.org - can answer just about any question about ubuntu

no i dont have dvds to burn it to.
i can always put that in and linux will upgrade to it right?

no it wont. you will have to go through the same install process you just went through. not that its that horrible. just back up your data like before.

alright, is this ultimate version a lot better?

depends on what you think better is. it comes preinstalled with every desktop envrionment(gnome, KDE, Beryl, Enlightenment) and pretty much every piece of software you will ever need. now that comes at a price. its going to take up a lot more room on the hd then reg ubuntu. but 10gb should be enough.

Sorry I didn't get back to you yesterday, I had a BZ day, went to see my dad at the hospital, he has a tentative release date of June 1st and I need to build a handicap ramp to some BS federal specifications for his house before he comes home :( .

Anywayz, I see ya got Linux installed, frankly I have read a lot of problems with the new 7.04, mostly display issues with laptops and flat panels.

I run the Ultimate Edition, it has just about everyfuckin thing you would want already on the disk, and it's a pretty painless install.

Maybe you could just play around with regular Ubuntu for a few days and see how ya like it, but if ya want all the bells and whistles I suggest ya buy a blank DVD and load in Ultimate

Alright, I will do that. Sounds like a good idea Buk. I am having a hard time with installing beryl on the computer now.

I seem to remember you have a Nvidia card, did you install the open GL drivers?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

In case you still want Ultimate you can get it here.
http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_1.3/