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Well I do have some good news in that I finally figured out how to gain access to the local and network drives, had a little battle with permissions but I beat that also. Now my only problem is to...

Thanks oldos2er, I didn't realize there was such a topic, every day I learn something new!
Michael

I successfully did install Ubuntu 14.04 with guest additions and got it working ok. The problem I am having is gaining access to the local hard drive (Windows C) and my network hard drive. I can...

I have not been able to fix this, that's the bad news, the good news is the whole dual boot installation was on a different drive other than the original one. The original drive has win 8.1 on it...

What I meant was. Although the changes did happen it had no effect on the outcome, That is, it still booted to windows. I did the changes from a live boot of Ubuntu and when it didn't work I...

Well, that didn't fix it. I had to use sudo to run the commands but that should be ok?
I ran another boot repair summary just in case it would be helpful. Should I try to run boot repair to see...

I did notice the space after the sdb3 and that didn't work because I didn't notice the space after mount . So I'll try that and post back. Well, I guess that's what I'm here for, to learn!...

Wife is improved, saw her Primary Care Physician, who was no where near as excited about it as the "Zebra Hunters" at UPMC were so she is feeling much better about the whole thing.

Now for Ubuntu,...

Fred, I'm not having any great issues copying the files, I just haven't had the time to deal with it yet. My Wife recently got out of the hospital after the big medical center to the north (UPMC)...

Although I haven't yet tried what you suggested I did read an article about running Ubuntu from a "Virtual Box". Does this work well? Is it a good way to work around the UEFI problems I am plagued...

Do you have any thoughts on restoring the whole EFI partition as a likely fix?
Michael

Not yet, I was just a little confused by your statement "gksudo nautilus, but live installer does not normally use sudo and I think now does not even have the gksudo which you should use with gui...

So does that mean I need to do something other than your suggested in your previous post?
Michael

Thanks I believe I get it now. Main thing is I have to boot the computer with a live USB to copy the files, because I cannot do it when Ubuntu on the hard drive is booted. Is this correct?
Michael

Fred,
This is what Rod wants me to do but I don't understand it enough to do it. Could you explain it for me please:

"One thing you could try doing is copying (not moving; create a fresh copy...

I ran boot repair and here is the address to view the results:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/8322676/
My problem with Rod is actually with me, I do not clearly understand what he wants me to do, I am...

I have an HP Envy touch screen laptop with win 8.1. I successfully installed Ubuntu 14.04 in July and I got the grub menu to work fine. Well then it stopped showing up but I could still get into...

Well nothing worked! I even installed 3.08 Kernel and backported it but that didn't work. So I'll guess I install the original card and report a possible bug.
Thank you all for your kind...

My laptop has been on suspension since my last post, when I woke it up the wireless light was white (meaning it is working). I haven't rebooted it but I suspect it won't survive. But I will try...

I was wondering about a bug report myself, The original card was an: RAlink RT5390, I don't know what WiMax is though. I'm going to install an older kernel as Dr Chilli has suggested and if...

I can answer that question now. The N7260 card did work under 12.04 with an older Kernel, but I had to load a backport here is the forum which had the backport data:

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Well I guess there's more than one way ($$$$) to be a member of the 1%. I have found out that HP really makes poor quality Laptops. Under warranty they have sent me 5 different model computers...

When I was using 12.04 I could choose one of the older kernels which was backported and the current one which was not. The card worked with the older kernel and not with the new one. I noticed...

Do you expect Dr Chilli have more ideas or are we at an end? Is it possible to go back to a kernel what it worked with using backport? Or is that not possible with 14.04, or just a bad idea? ...

Jeremy,
I just noticed the command you proposed was slightly different from the one chilli had me do. Yours has
-rv
and the other has just
-r
What is the difference? I'll try yours and see...