itendo
January 22nd, 2010, 09:54 PM
Hello, I am requesting a broader list of steps to solve the following problem as I seem to keep missing a step here and there. So where and how do i begin?
Currently, after a handful of repairs and quick-fixes and emergency live-disk backups, I have two different Karmic installs alongside my Vista install (all other pc specs in profile). When i boot up, first GRUB loads and asks for how to boot, then if i select windows it will ask if i want to boot Vista or Linux (a dead link to a WUBI install i think; stupid wubi)). Fortunately, I have 2 1T hdds and a 320g, so storage has been a luxury that afforded me to leave this mess alone.
However, I need to clean up my machine tomorrow morning and am not sure A) what tools i should be using, or B) what set-up would be ideal. Standard resons of why the Linux/Vista setup, Vista for gaming and Linux for everything else.
I am looking to set up a permanent off-site backup system (a la Crash Plan) but dont want a ton of bloat to upload. Consequently, I want to set up a shared media partition (for use locally by both Karmic Ubuntu & Vista, and other networked machines (one Karmic, the other XP)), and an OS partition for each OS. The 320 gig hdd i want to use as little as possible as it is the oldest of the drives.
I want to have an additional partition for backing up images of each OS partition (see list).
I want the end result to boot into GRUB (a la gribbit) and pick boot options from there. I am okay with wiping the Linux installs and re-freshing, but i do not want to scare Vista and have it freak out (that happens enough on its own ).
Particular Concerns:
non-destructive resizing of the Vista partition
boots to GRUB, not Vista
when selecting Vista, doesnt re-ask boot option
a media partition easily read/accessed/modified by Linux and windows (NTFS best?)
as is its want, if the Vista install goes bad i would like to be able to drop an image in to replace it
I am also capable of running the two 1Ts in a RAID and mirroring according to intel's specs for the DX58SO mobo i am running, but i have been unable to get it to work.
Partitions initially sound like:
1T hdd #1 -
50g Linux
150g(-ish) Vista
10g Linux swap
10g Vista swap
300g media
(~440g leftover)
1T hdd#2 -
350g OS backups (2 redundant, 1 step-back stable image for windows)
300g media (mirror backup)
(~350g leftover)
320g hdd -
200g OS backups (1 redundant for linux, 1 step-back stable image for windows)
(~120g leftover)
I will post menu.lst file what fdisk -l looks like shortly.
Currently, after a handful of repairs and quick-fixes and emergency live-disk backups, I have two different Karmic installs alongside my Vista install (all other pc specs in profile). When i boot up, first GRUB loads and asks for how to boot, then if i select windows it will ask if i want to boot Vista or Linux (a dead link to a WUBI install i think; stupid wubi)). Fortunately, I have 2 1T hdds and a 320g, so storage has been a luxury that afforded me to leave this mess alone.
However, I need to clean up my machine tomorrow morning and am not sure A) what tools i should be using, or B) what set-up would be ideal. Standard resons of why the Linux/Vista setup, Vista for gaming and Linux for everything else.
I am looking to set up a permanent off-site backup system (a la Crash Plan) but dont want a ton of bloat to upload. Consequently, I want to set up a shared media partition (for use locally by both Karmic Ubuntu & Vista, and other networked machines (one Karmic, the other XP)), and an OS partition for each OS. The 320 gig hdd i want to use as little as possible as it is the oldest of the drives.
I want to have an additional partition for backing up images of each OS partition (see list).
I want the end result to boot into GRUB (a la gribbit) and pick boot options from there. I am okay with wiping the Linux installs and re-freshing, but i do not want to scare Vista and have it freak out (that happens enough on its own ).
Particular Concerns:
non-destructive resizing of the Vista partition
boots to GRUB, not Vista
when selecting Vista, doesnt re-ask boot option
a media partition easily read/accessed/modified by Linux and windows (NTFS best?)
as is its want, if the Vista install goes bad i would like to be able to drop an image in to replace it
I am also capable of running the two 1Ts in a RAID and mirroring according to intel's specs for the DX58SO mobo i am running, but i have been unable to get it to work.
Partitions initially sound like:
1T hdd #1 -
50g Linux
150g(-ish) Vista
10g Linux swap
10g Vista swap
300g media
(~440g leftover)
1T hdd#2 -
350g OS backups (2 redundant, 1 step-back stable image for windows)
300g media (mirror backup)
(~350g leftover)
320g hdd -
200g OS backups (1 redundant for linux, 1 step-back stable image for windows)
(~120g leftover)
I will post menu.lst file what fdisk -l looks like shortly.