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Thanks everyone for the adivice.

Does anyone know if Ubuntu correctly aligns the partitions for the SSD drive? I know Win XP does not, and that Win7 does. I have read somewhere that at this time...

For a simple file sharing solution, install oppenssh server onto the ubuntu machine, then download WinSCP for the vista box. You then simply use winscp to log into your Ubuntu box using SSH and move...

HI there,

I want to install Ubuntu to an SSD, are there any things I need to know or consider when doing so?
Not putting the swap on the SSD is one I know of. What about reducing the number of...

Thanks infinitejones, I thought it would be something like that. I am not really after creating the whole norton ghost restore image type thing for using linux, I have no issues with reinstalling...

If you wanted to get serious about it, maybe you could have a separate partition for these files, format it with FAT32, and mount it as users,rw,exec,umask=000. (I think these would work for a Fat32...

Hi Megatron,

For serious notebook cooling you need a cooling stand or pad.
Take a look at the link for an Australian online store which sells them. I assume an online store in your country would...

Hi there,

I have a few questions on how I would use sbackup in the event I had to reinstall Ubuntu.

Okay lets say I make a backup using the default settings for sbackup.
Does the backup...

For what its worth, I find Ubuntu 9.04 the fastest version in the 2.5 years I have been using it. Currently I have Ubuntu as my main OS, with XP as both a dual boot and as a VM in VirtualBox. While...

Excellent, thanks handy :) Now why didn't I think of looking in the Ubuntu documentation? :confused:

Thanks DGortze380 for the reply. Your suggestion about using groups is a good idea. Do you happen to know which group controls the ability to mount partitions? I would still need the owners of the...

Thanks azmo35, looks good. :))

Hi There,

I have a pc with a single HD, with both XP and Ubuntu on it, and I want to know how I would go about reinstalling XP if I had to. Am I correct in assuming that reinstalling XP would...

Thanks DGortze380.

Here is the fstab and fdisk -l output. I have added in brackets what each of the partitions is used for in the fdisk output. While fstab shows only the linux related...

HI there,

I have a pc that dual boots with XP. Both Ubuntu and XP are on the same disk. I would like it so that the windows partition cannot be mounted via Nautilus. I know I can set the...

Okay thanks for the reply everyone.

First, you are right, I did choose linux, and I am increasingly questioning why I did considering the amount of time I waste trying to make it do simple things....

Okay so its like this.

Yet again Ubuntu has broken itself when I try to do something that should be simple and straight forward. I wanted to add a hard drive to Ubuntu. Under windows this is as...

Just an idea, not sure if it will work, but -

Are you chown/chmod the directory that ubuntu auto creates to mount the drive when you plug in the drive?

Have you tried creating a directory to...

Maybe I have found the problem with the group write permissions for a directory allowing any user to delete files.

This page for installing a HDD:...

Thanks cmn, but doesn't the fact that such an approach be used show that the linux file permissions system is not as flexible as it claims? I thought the purpose of file permissions was to be able...

So, anyone have any suggestions for this problem? So far, the best I can make Ubuntu do is to allow for edit of group owned files, but not create or delete in a directory without group write...

True, but in this case the file was marked 664, so therefore if file permissions apply the group should have been able to delete the file, but could not.

Now if I change the directory to this...

sorry, yes your right, it should have been drwxrwxr-x.

As for the file being marked group rw, this appears to have no function in my Ubuntu. If I have a directory where the group is rw, then the...

HI there.

Okay I need some help with file and directory permissions.

I have 2 users - User1 & User2. And a group called "sharez", which both users have as a supplementary group.

User1 has a...

Thanks everyone for your help. I can now access the root privileges.

I notice in my groups list /etc/group that I am only in 2 groups, my own and the admin group. I assume I should be in more...

Thanks Kerry, but this then leaves 2 problems, what exactly do I fix, and second, I have no idea how to use vi. I know what it is but not how to use it.