First Time Linux(Ubuntu) user, Installing Post: 302427714

8 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Installing Ubuntu To Single User Account?

I understand that Unix and it's counterparts are OSs, but would it be possible to just install them to a single user account? I'm using a family computer, whose other users want nothing more complicated on the computer than Internet Explorer, but I want to install Ubuntu so I can easily host my...

2. Ubuntu

installing hula on ubuntu

i trying to install hula onto my ubuntu but it seems to be not working. i follow through every instructions which i found from the net but is still not working. As i have already install allthe necessary dependency! Below are all the dependency i have install: debhelper (>= 4.0.0),...

3. Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions

Installing Ubuntu in the same partition as Vista

Hi , I hav a laptop with Vista, i need to install Ubuntu along with vista on it. But the problem is tht i donot hav a hard drive partition. though i have abt 70 gb of free space. the only other partition is "recovery" one, so i cnt play with it how shld i perform the installation ??

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Setting alias for a user - Linux ubuntu

Hi i have a user "SYSTEM" i want to set the below command in his .profile for an alias: who | awk '{print $1}'| sed '/SYSTEM/d' | sed '/root/d' |xargs -i pkill -u {} i tried as below: alias stop = " who | awk '{print $1}'| sed '/SYSTEM/d' | sed '/root/d' |xargs -i pkill -u {}" ...

5. Linux

How to run User-mode Linux installed with synaptic package manager in Ubuntu 10.10

I have installed user-mode linux kernel in Ubuntu 10.10 with the help of Synaptic package manager. But I'm not getting how to run it. If we install it manually, we've to run it using the executable binary file. But here, I'm unable to locate any such file. Please help.... Thanking You.... ...

6. Ubuntu

Installing Ubuntu

Hi all- I'm getting ready to install Ubuntu onto my Sony Vaio laptop and had a few questions for which I have not yet found the answer. 1)Should I partition my hdd myself (including a swap partition) in Windows or should I do this when installing Ubuntu? When I do partition, since I have over...

7. Ubuntu

Installing UBUNTU on USB stick

I'd like to install the OS on my stick. I would like to be able to save my works there and install apps or customize the OS. What can I do Ps. At home I use an iMac, but in the school where I work there are only PC... Ty

8. Ubuntu

Downloading and installing (new to Ubuntu OS)

I've done a whole days work of researching how to install a program on ubuntu.. so first I downloaded python.. unpackaged it from .tar.xz now its just python-3.4.2 then I navigated to the dir in terminal.. then ran the ./configure make make test sudo make install commands which took like 10 minutes...

LEARN ABOUT LINUX

grub

GRUB(8)                                                                 FSF                                                                GRUB(8)

NAME

       grub - the grub shell

SYNOPSIS

       grub [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       Enter the GRand Unified Bootloader command shell.

       --batch
              turn on batch mode for non-interactive use

       --boot-drive=DRIVE
              specify stage2 boot_drive [default=0x0]

       --config-file=FILE
              specify stage2 config_file [default=/boot/grub/menu.lst]

       --device-map=FILE
              use the device map file FILE

       --help display this message and exit

       --hold wait until a debugger will attach

       --install-partition=PAR
              specify stage2 install_partition [default=0x20000]

       --no-config-file
              do not use the config file

       --no-curses
              do not use curses

       --no-floppy
              do not probe any floppy drive

       --no-pager
              do not use internal pager

       --preset-menu
              use the preset menu

       --probe-second-floppy
              probe the second floppy drive

       --read-only
              do not write anything to devices

       --verbose
              print verbose messages

       --version
              print version information and exit

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO

       update-grub(8), grub-install(8).

       The  full documentation for grub is maintained as a Texinfo manual in the grub-legacy-doc package.  If the info and grub programs are prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info grub

       should give you access to the complete manual.

grub (GNU GRUB 0.97)                                               January 2013                                                            GRUB(8)