What's with the cd thing?

[artisan]

I have been using unbuntu for a couple of years. Have installed it many which ways.


It is not the installation that is at issue.
It is the recovery from a borked installation that is the issue.

"Insert the XP or Windows 2000 installation CD in the CD-ROM drive and reboot the computer."
"1. First, restart your computer with the Windows XP setup disk in the CD drive."
"To create a backup of MBR

MBRWiz /save=C:\savedMBR"
Well that one is too late.

"Insert Win 7 installation DVD and boot from DVD drive. While in some older systems"


etc etc etc etc etc

[artisan]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=622828

Re: HOW TO: Recover Windows MBR using Ubuntu LIVE CD
It has taken me a week to find a solution that worked -- and it worked so smoothly! Thank you! Now that the desktop PC is back in working order, my wife and I will not be fighting for the laptop!


Am just saying there is NO simple method of repair once you hit.
grub rescue.

How come?

[juancarlospaco]

Why?

Why?

Because i can.

[Austin25]

Hey artisan, please use quote tags when you quote someone.

Some problems with your arguement:

• Gparted should just work with a live usb.
• Canonical even sells ubuntu flash drives for those who can't use unetbootin.
• You can buy an external CD drive.
• There are many more methods of installation that aren't even talked about here. (ssh, part-image, etc.)

Are you trolling?

[artisan]

[*]Gparted should just work with a live usb.

How about.
It doesn't

[NightwishFan]

Why not have some respect for people when you respond to them, thanks. Also.. Gparted does work on a live usb. Your issue is probably not related to the system being on a live usb at all.

[artisan]

Why not have some respect for people when you respond to them, thanks.

Thanks. Now go. Do.

Also.. Gparted does work on a live usb. Your issue is probably not related to the system being on a live usb at all.

Why is this you issue?


Are you trolling?

[Austin25]

Why not have some respect for people when you respond to them, thanks. Also.. Gparted does work on a live usb. Your issue is probably not related to the system being on a live usb at all.

You are right.

Artisan, I apologize. Forgive me if I acted out of line, I have seen the darkside of the internet. There are those who wish to cause problems. They make it hard for those who problems to ask for help.

What you are wondering is why companies are ignoring those who don't have CD drives.

The answer I have is that they don't, they only assume that you do or you know what to do without it.

Now I must go: may battery is going dead.

[NightwishFan]

Are you trolling?

Absolutely. I will not give you "wrong" information. However I seriously have no desire to see you succeed, and I just am bothering you. Now then, I am going to unsubscribe to this thread. If you or I have anything else to say it will be through PMs, and we will not. Have a nice life.

[Kalimol]

artisan, I don't think anyone understands what you're talking about, and you're reading as extremely hostile. Nightwish clearly took that as license to respond in, he or she thought, kind.

Gparted does work from the flash drive install - I keep around my original install stick for things like that. The installer wouldn't even work without Gparted! = ) But if you have a specific problem, for a specific reason, that's something else, and it would be a reason to look up a tutorial. I've had difficulty getting drives to unmount before, so I'm not going to say that Gparted always works for everything you might put it to.