George_
October 4th, 2009, 07:11 AM
Hi guys, it's been a while since I was here last...
I used to have Ubuntu 8.04 32-bit installed on my old computer (Athlon64 3200+, 1GB DDR-400 RAM) as a dual-boot with Windows XP 32-bit. I seem to remember that Ubuntu had a boot menu (GRUB, was it called?) allowing you to choose between Ubuntu and XP at startup. Oh, and it may be relevant; both operating systems were on separate physical hard drives.
When I got my new computer in March (Core i7 920, 6GB DDR3-1333) I initially used only XP 32-bit for several months. However, I decided on a whim to reinstall Ubuntu again (mainly because the F@H SMP client runs so much better on Linux than Windows). This time I ran into a few problems. I edited my existing partitions to give Ubuntu a 20GB partition, plus 1GB for a swap partition (that's what I used for my old computer, though I've seen people say that it should be at least the size of physical memory...is it too small?). Then I downloaded the Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit iso, burnt it to a CD, put the CD into the disk drive, rebooted, changed the boot sequence in BIOS to boot from CD as well, and waited. I selected the option to install Ubuntu onto my computer, and I went through the steps. I chose ext3 for the file system of the root, and used the 1GB partition for swap. Everything's all good. It installs, and then it says I have to reinstall before installation completes. Fine. I click Restart Now, take the CD out when it tells me to, and press enter. The computer reboots. Here's where I start seeing problems.
First off, GRUB isn't there anymore. Should it be? Without it, I have no idea of how to get back into the Ubuntu installation I put on the hard drive.
Secondly, Windows XP flickered a BSOD before restarting at the Windows loading screen. This occurs about 2 seconds in.
My Dad managed to get rid of the BSOD issue by resetting the CMOS, so I'm not quite sure what caused the problem. The CPU was OC'ed to 3.6GHz before, so I don't know if that could have been the problem. But I don't think it would.
Also, I have a RAID on Windows. I'm not entirely sure if it's a hardware or software RAID, but the BIOS recognizes the RAID and during POST I get a screen telling me the status of the two drives I have (Western Digital 640GB 7200s), that they're in good working order, and that it's a RAID 1. So, if it's a hardware RAID, wouldn't Ubuntu recognize it? And if it were a software RAID, what do I have to do to get Ubuntu to recognize it?
I know this is quite a lot of stuff, but any help at all would be good.
Thanks for your time.
George_
I used to have Ubuntu 8.04 32-bit installed on my old computer (Athlon64 3200+, 1GB DDR-400 RAM) as a dual-boot with Windows XP 32-bit. I seem to remember that Ubuntu had a boot menu (GRUB, was it called?) allowing you to choose between Ubuntu and XP at startup. Oh, and it may be relevant; both operating systems were on separate physical hard drives.
When I got my new computer in March (Core i7 920, 6GB DDR3-1333) I initially used only XP 32-bit for several months. However, I decided on a whim to reinstall Ubuntu again (mainly because the F@H SMP client runs so much better on Linux than Windows). This time I ran into a few problems. I edited my existing partitions to give Ubuntu a 20GB partition, plus 1GB for a swap partition (that's what I used for my old computer, though I've seen people say that it should be at least the size of physical memory...is it too small?). Then I downloaded the Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit iso, burnt it to a CD, put the CD into the disk drive, rebooted, changed the boot sequence in BIOS to boot from CD as well, and waited. I selected the option to install Ubuntu onto my computer, and I went through the steps. I chose ext3 for the file system of the root, and used the 1GB partition for swap. Everything's all good. It installs, and then it says I have to reinstall before installation completes. Fine. I click Restart Now, take the CD out when it tells me to, and press enter. The computer reboots. Here's where I start seeing problems.
First off, GRUB isn't there anymore. Should it be? Without it, I have no idea of how to get back into the Ubuntu installation I put on the hard drive.
Secondly, Windows XP flickered a BSOD before restarting at the Windows loading screen. This occurs about 2 seconds in.
My Dad managed to get rid of the BSOD issue by resetting the CMOS, so I'm not quite sure what caused the problem. The CPU was OC'ed to 3.6GHz before, so I don't know if that could have been the problem. But I don't think it would.
Also, I have a RAID on Windows. I'm not entirely sure if it's a hardware or software RAID, but the BIOS recognizes the RAID and during POST I get a screen telling me the status of the two drives I have (Western Digital 640GB 7200s), that they're in good working order, and that it's a RAID 1. So, if it's a hardware RAID, wouldn't Ubuntu recognize it? And if it were a software RAID, what do I have to do to get Ubuntu to recognize it?
I know this is quite a lot of stuff, but any help at all would be good.
Thanks for your time.
George_