Re: [tlug] New member

[Nick Bikkal <ipod.bikkal@example.com>]

CL,

You know how when things get tough miracles happen, angels help, God answers, whatever. I was trying to find an XP SP2 to install Windows. Couldn't find it but found an old Kubuntu 8.10. Tried my luck & as I write it's working. Amazing! No GRUB. Wow!

Now for the next question. Is is easy or possible to upgrade now to 12.04? I totally am removing Windows from the machine.

I want to thank you for your help. I really am appreciative. I have a lot to learn. Why did the old version work?

Nick

Sent from my iPhone

On May 12, 2012, at 4:11 PM, CL <az.4tlug@example.com> wrote:

> On 05/12/2012 12:56 PM, Nick Bikkal wrote:
>> Mario,
> 
> It was me (CL) but the mixup is okay.  Top posting, like you and 
> answering in line:
> 
>> Thanks for the help. I'll go down the questions one at a time. As I said before I'm new to Linux and don't have all the technical know-how to be able to answer all your questions.
>> 
>> •. Options? I have USB ports. I have a DVD drive I can connect externally through a DVD plug.
> 
> Do you have an installation .iso copied to a CD or DVD?  If so, Robert 
> is your mother's brother.  Just plug the drive in, drop in the disk and go.
> 
>> •. Use talk of reinstalling an OS. Are we talking Winfows or Ubuntu?
> 
> Ubuntu.  In my experience, the default for an Ubuntu install is to do a 
> complete strip and reformat of the HDD.
> 
> Which brings up the issue of whether the HDD is being set up for dual 
> boot, which your initial comments make me believe is "No, Ubuntu only." 
>  If you're not just running a single boot, let us know.
> 
> If you don't have an .iso burned somewhere, do you have another machine 
> from which you can download and burn an .iso on to a blank CD / DVD or a 
> USB drive?
> 
>> •. USB1 or USB2 drive I don't know.
> 
> I'll stick my neck out and say "probably 2.0" but the existence of a 
> port is a good sign. You have the install from USB drive option as well 
> as the plug-in DVD.  I have had a couple of incidents in which the 
> plug-in drive was not properly recognized by the installer (probably a 
> sign of a loose nut behind the plug, but I will not discount the 
> opportunity to blame someone besides me).
> 
>> •. I don't know how to use GRUB.
> 
> Once again "in my experience" ... when I have installed Kubuntu, the 
> installation subroutines take care of the GRUB issues automatically.  In 
> my ignorance, I ask out loud "If you're installing a single OS do you 
> need GRUB?"  Frankly, it is one of those things that has just worked 
> since about Kubuntu 6.x and I've forgotten how it works.
> 
>> Pendrive is what I read on Ubuntu sites. I usually use the term USB. I'm AM native Hispanic but when dealing with computer stuff I use only English.
> 
> English is a language misunderstood all around the world ... ;-)
> 
> -- 
> CL
> 
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> Nick,
>>> 
>>> What downloading and installation options are available to you?
>>> 
>>> I'd look at reinstalling the OS first and making a more careful check
>>> for the most appropriate image.
>>> 
>>> "Netbook" = "no CD/DVD"?  You have a USB 2.0 port?
>>> 
>>> There are a number of products appropriate to different devices and
>>> installation options offered on the Ubuntu site.  You can choose a more
>>> appropriate product there.  There are several notebook / netbook
>>> specific options but I forget whether they are added after the first
>>> boot or at initial install -- my ThinkPad had no trouble getting what it
>>> needed, so I'm a little slow on this.
>>> 
>>> Do you currently have a way to download either a CD iso or a USB drive
>>> installer image?  And do you have the necessary hardware to reinstall
>>> it?  If not, do you have a way to retrieve an image file attached to a
>>> mail from this site and to install it to a USB drive?
>>> 
>>> (Sorry, "pen drive" is a term I only hear from contacts who are native
>>> speakers of Spanish and Italian and live in Southern European countries.
>>> It is a mystery to me.)
>>> 
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>>> CL
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