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$ ls /dev/sdb*
/dev/sdb /dev/sdb1
$ ls /dev/mapper
/dev/mapper/control

Grub is on /dev/sda, I was just thinking, I was having problems installing before and I noticed that the default was set to /dev/sdb for boot loader, I may have left it and run an install a few times...

Thanks, but no luck with the mount:


$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/backup
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

Yah, I haven't encountered sfs before either. I was thinking the first time...

I'm trying to mount a 1TB HD that was appearing fine yesterday before I reinstalled ubuntu 12.04. I used to have a dual boot windows 7/ubuntu 12.04, and my 1TB drive would show up fine from either...

I'm using a thumb drive image; it works fine on my laptop for the installation.

This is what my drive looks like:

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g358/treefingers77/gpart_zpsf3ea5882.png
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I am currently running windows 7 and ubuntu 12.04 on two separate partitions. The other day I had to use windows for something and it downloaded some updates in the background. When I had finished, I...

Problem solved. I had to disable secure boot in the bios security tab.

I just received an x1 carbon in the mail and have been trying to install ubuntu on it today. Whenever I try to boot from my usb image of ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-amd64, I get a message saying "image...

I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 and noticed there wasn't a gnome classic etc. option at the login menu (vaguely remember this being there when I installed 12.04?). I was wanting to use the gnome...

I can get it to boot into text mode ok, it's just from there it's not really practical if I want to use a webrowser occasionally and then jump back etc. I was wanting to install something that could...

I recently installed ubuntu 12.04 and kubuntu-desktop on a macbook pro and although I am enjoying them, I am getting horrendous battery life using them.

Since I am mainly using terminal only, I...

/salute This did the trick for me.

An additional note that might help someone: I'm not sure if this was a result of other factors; however, I made two two ubuntu boot usb sticks on two seperate...

The desktop amd64 + mac iso doesn't seem bring up an EFI boot option when I hold "alt" on boot, just the windows boot which leads me to the blank page/blinking cursor. The standard version I...

Still just goes straight to a blank screen, nothing is printed on screen after I hit F10, with both methods (I actually tried these by accident before; I was trying all kinds of combinations).

If...

Ok, so now I am at a screen entitled "GNU GRUB version 1.99-21ubuntu3" and commands:



where should I put the nomodeset parameter? I tried typing it immediately before and after "quiet splash",...

I seem to have tried all the various suggested methods for installing ubuntu on a mbp, but can't seem to get anything that works and was wondering if anyone has run into any new problems with the...