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| 1300271 | 2012-09-12 01:57:00 | Yeah it's easy enough to boot back off the Windows CD / DVD and run: fixboot /mbr yea, don't have a Windows CD :p Just my recovery partition. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1300272 | 2012-09-12 01:59:00 | It's unlikely to happen if you install GRUB correctly, but it is possible. However, you can easily repair the Windows bootloader from your Windows CD\DVD. I'm stuffed then :p Gently talk me through the process of setting it up? No site I've found has been hugely helpful. I got the idea i just booted from a usb with mint iso on it, but there isn't much on the grub. Would I need to install it first in windows, or install mint then set up my grub? :confused: Surfer Joe - I feel your pain :) |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1300273 | 2012-09-12 02:13:00 | It is normally all automatic, if the linux you're installing has a decent installer it will tell you if the location you selected for the bootloader may cause problems. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1300274 | 2012-09-12 02:24:00 | Ok, just before I sell my commit myself to linux - been reading about cases where linux overwrote the windows bootloader and ****ed it up. Is this likely to happen or is this internet scare stories? Never had a problem any time I have installed Linux. During the installation the Windows partition has always been recognised. It can always be sorted from the Linux live CD anyway. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1300275 | 2012-09-12 02:33:00 | I got the idea i just booted from a usb with mint iso on it, but there isn't much on the grub. Would I need to install it first in windows, or install mint then set up my grub? :confused: First off, it's not *quite* like that. An ISO file is a CD Image, so predominantly you burn it to a CD / DVD. However if you want to boot off a USB Drive, you can use something like this: www.pendrivelinux.com You basically download the Universal USB Installer, select your thumbdrive, select the ISO, and it puts the ISO onto the USB thumbdrive in such a way that makes it bootable. As for Grub, don't worry about it. Linux Mint should automatically put it on to your MBR (Master Boot Record) overwriting the Windows one, and it'll auto-detect the Windows 7 partition and get it setup as an entry in Grub for you. So when you boot your PC, you'll see something that looks like this: tricks2fix.topwebhostingzone.com Basically if you leave it for 10 seconds, it'll boot Mint Linux, however you can also during that time push the up and down arrow keys (Which stops the countdown) and allows you to choose Windows 7 or the likes. Easy :D |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1300276 | 2012-09-12 02:40:00 | Easy :D Certainly a lot easier than trying to install Windows after Linux.:D |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1300277 | 2012-09-12 02:52:00 | It's OK, he runs Mac OS, everyone knows they don't get .... Oh wait, yeah, they do get them too ;) Very funny Chill, then why does Avast, ClamAV, BitDefender, AVG,etc make AntiVirus for Linux? Any techie worth his salt knows that Virus writers have moved away from targeting OS as most of the OSes have got it right over the years. They now target Browsers and Browser plugins and that has got nothing to do with Windows, MacOS or Linux. An exploit in Firefox or Flash has got nothing to do with the OS it is running on. As I said initially, unless a person wants to learn PHP, GCC, Ruby on Rails, etc, there is no requirement to install Linux. I specifically said for a regular user who just runs pre-built apps, Linux on a desktop/laptop is a dud. And as for the Windows cost, it comes bundled with the laptop. Yes you can buy laptops without OS but not from a big brand and they are not any cheaper than the ones bundled with Windows anyway. I don't want to take this thread to the dark side, but I never said I ran Apple Hardware ;-) |
tmrafi (5179) | ||
| 1300278 | 2012-09-12 02:54:00 | Easy :D Thanks - doesn't sound too bad, I'll give it a go. @Mikebartnz - yes, I saw some things to do with that, sounded almost impossible. :) |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1300279 | 2012-09-12 02:56:00 | Very funny Chill, then why does Avast, ClamAV, BitDefender, AVG,etc make AntiVirus for Linux? Any techie worth his salt knows that Virus writers have moved away from targeting OS as most of the OSes have got it right over the years. They now target Browsers and Browser plugins and that has got nothing to do with Windows, MacOS or Linux. An exploit in Firefox or Flash has got nothing to do with the OS it is running on. As I said initially, unless a person wants to learn PHP, GCC, Ruby on Rails, etc, there is no requirement to install Linux. I specifically said for a regular user who just runs pre-built apps, Linux on a desktop/laptop is a dud. And as for the Windows cost, it comes bundled with the laptop. Yes you can buy laptops without OS but not from a big brand and they are not any cheaper than the ones bundled with Windows anyway. I don't want to take this thread to the dark side, but I never said I ran Apple Hardware ;-) Yup, it comes bundled with the hardware. Linux is free, can't hurt to give it a go. Even if it is no better than windows, that means windows (which costs) is no better than a free OS. My guess - windows is better in some areas, linux in others. As I said, can't hurt to give it a go. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1300280 | 2012-09-12 03:16:00 | Very funny Chill, then why does Avast, ClamAV, BitDefender, AVG,etc make AntiVirus for Linux? Any techie worth his salt knows that Virus writers have moved away from targeting OS as most of the OSes have got it right over the years. They now target Browsers and Browser plugins and that has got nothing to do with Windows, MacOS or Linux. An exploit in Firefox or Flash has got nothing to do with the OS it is running on. You are wrong there as so many Windows users run as administrator as against Linux which positively discourages it. I have Clam AV installed and once in a while I will run it but I mainly have it for when I have a Windows HD connected. Having an anti-virus program running in Linux can help stop Windows viruses propagating. As I said initially, unless a person wants to learn PHP, GCC, Ruby on Rails, etc, there is no requirement to install Linux. I specifically said for a regular user who just runs pre-built apps, Linux on a desktop/laptop is a dud. What an earth is this requirement to install rubbish. If it is such a dud why are more and more people from this site trying it. There are three things I really find deficient in Windows when ever I use it and that is the lack of multiple desktops, lack of middle click paste and the other that I am always getting caught out with and that is how the action doesn't follow the mouse like in Linux. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
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