[GRLUG] ubuntu/kubuntu boot issues

[David Pembrook]

I've done the net install of Debian in a VM several times and that went 
perfectly on non initialized hard drives and I'm a Redhat guy lol (was 
anyhow before the Fedora thing.. I won't comment on Fedora).

Why don't they just use VM's anyhow? Several of the Live CD's work good 
that way in full GUI, not sure what full blown distros are good for GUI 
(I use CLI almost exclusively on Linux). The free vmware player and some 
stock vm's and they are all set. They can get a trial on vmware 
workstation to build their vm's and use the player after it expires.

The dual boot thing has always been a pain and my solution (the short 
version) on the desktop is to switch in the bios which HD to boot from, 
XP ignores the Linux partions and is Linux is installed on the first HD, 
you can plug in the Windows HD after the Linux install (I don't trust 
either op system to handle dual booting).

slightly off topic:

I've got to get on a Linux GUI soon as my CLI skill would improve so 
much if I was on one all the time. Any thoughts on KDE vs Gnome for 
multi monitor users? I go overboard on that (4 at moment. 3 head Matrox 
card and a single). I'm game for a different window manager if its well 
documented and good for control freaks.

Dave

Topher wrote:
> Ok, I'm going to try to remember everything I did last night, we'll see if 
> it works.
>
> I (tried) install Ubuntu in VMWare last night.  This was actually my fist 
> experience running Linux in a VM, in the past it's always been XP.
>
> It went fine until I got to the partitioning stuff, which was NOT 
> intuitive.  My options were software raid, or LVM, niether of which I 
> really wanted, but there were no other options.  I also didn't have an 
> option to see an existing partition table.  This could be because there 
> wasn't one, but I was hoping to see an option, since on my student laptops 
> I need to preserve the windows partition.  So my only option was to wipe 
> the (virtual) drive.
>
> I ended up picking LVM.  It dove right in installing stuff like ubuntu 
> does, and then came to a point where it said the kernel could not be 
> installed on the existing partition, and if I continue, the whole thing 
> will fail.
>
> My students confirmed that this happens every time.
>
> So at this point I'd have to say Ubuntu isn't as easy to install as redhat 
> 4.2 was.  :(
>
> I fully expect cries of shock and outrage, but there just weren't that 
> many options.
>
> Topher
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