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  1. [all variants] Resources to check hardware/parts compatibility/support for computer builds, etc.

    From experience with adding hardware to my computers, it seems fairly difficult to know what hardware works out of the box for Ubuntu (and Linux in general) without the tedious process of...
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    Re: Ideal Partition Setup for 2 160GB Hard Drives?

    Hey thanks for the quick response darkod. i like the LVM idea; ill have to remember that for latter. it almost seems like a "virtual" RAID. if one of the HDD's crap out is all lost in the same manner...
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    [ubuntu] Ubuntu installer does not recognize or see hard drive

    Btw, for anyone who comes across this thread; Still an issue when installing 10.04 (Lucid) 32 bit (x86). Ancient IDE 30 Gb Seagate w/ Dell Optiplex 260? Gparted, fdisk, and smartmontools recognize...
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    /home partition advice

    I'm terribly sorry to bring this thread back from the future, but I wanted to further understand the point of the home folder/partition in this type of situation. To my knowledge, the home partition...
  5. [ubuntu] Re: New install, hangs at Prepare Partitions (options greyed out)

    I wouldnt doubt it, it seems that 9.10 cant work with older hardware. What a sad state of affairs that I have to stick with XP; first time I've ever seen windows legitimately one-up Linux :-(
  6. [ubuntu] Re: New install, hangs at Prepare Partitions (options greyed out)

    Hey Romitm,

    Might I ask if yours would be a Dell as well? I have one of their ugly "DHM" towers and the 9.10 wizard is throwing me the same response.

    As for its memory, it has 370 MB...
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    Re: Install Windows from Unbuntu via USB

    I would also have to agree with the both of you, but it seems the "quick google search" is the stuff of fantasy. So, if you were to be stuck with only Ubuntu, and this "one case" was the ISO you were...
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