jamster12
January 15th, 2010, 03:39 PM
Hey guys,
I'm relatively a newbie when it comes to linux etc however have messed around with a few distros in the past.
I decided to have a bash at ubuntu again, everything was going smoothly until I realised the dvd drive wasn't functioning. I did many re-installations of other ubuntu flavours but the same thing kept on happening. Also, the drive wasn't working in windows too (I'd dual-booted) so I guess the only thing in common with both OS's was GRUB. I used GAG (graphical bootloader) off a cd and everything worked fine!
I've had a look at how to delete grub and get either LiLO or GAG but most people say that you should really be an experienced user to do this or you may end up bricking your computer? Considering that I deleted ubuntu, is there anyway to install either LiLO or GAG instead of GRUB from a fresh installation? OR, is there a way to get GRUB mounting my drive?
Cheers!
Jam.
P.S. In the past ubuntu has had no problems mounting my dvd drive. Since paragon partition manager (yeah i should have used Gparted) froze on me during formating a partition last year, grub doesn't seem to mount my dvd drive. Dunno if this is linked and maybe paragon messed up something. :mad:
I'm relatively a newbie when it comes to linux etc however have messed around with a few distros in the past.
I decided to have a bash at ubuntu again, everything was going smoothly until I realised the dvd drive wasn't functioning. I did many re-installations of other ubuntu flavours but the same thing kept on happening. Also, the drive wasn't working in windows too (I'd dual-booted) so I guess the only thing in common with both OS's was GRUB. I used GAG (graphical bootloader) off a cd and everything worked fine!
I've had a look at how to delete grub and get either LiLO or GAG but most people say that you should really be an experienced user to do this or you may end up bricking your computer? Considering that I deleted ubuntu, is there anyway to install either LiLO or GAG instead of GRUB from a fresh installation? OR, is there a way to get GRUB mounting my drive?
Cheers!
Jam.
P.S. In the past ubuntu has had no problems mounting my dvd drive. Since paragon partition manager (yeah i should have used Gparted) froze on me during formating a partition last year, grub doesn't seem to mount my dvd drive. Dunno if this is linked and maybe paragon messed up something. :mad: