Tag Archives: boot

linux live cd boot problem?

my linux live cd’s work completelly fine, but when i turn the computor off , turn it back on , then quickly take out the cd so windows, instead of linux , boots , it commes to this black screen that sais something like “windows has required a problem booting , what should it do?”

i press last working configuration and it boots windows…. but as it boots it starts this annoying whirring sound

i restarted the pc, hoping to god that i didnt kill my moms pc, like the day before

($150 down the drain)

and it booted normally

this really scared me because the whole thing was exactly what happend when the pc crached a few days before

i think it crashed a few days ago from the fact that i installed linux (ubuntu fiesty) via wubi on the hard drive… i thought the live cd didnt interact with the hard drive

please help…tell me if i should stop using live cd’s , why , and , if possible, and tell me an alternate way to boot linux wothout in any way interactingwiththe drive

Command Line Only Linux?

Is there a linux that i can boot from a live cd that is command line only no GUI? im interested in learning linux.
Quite happy to read, you don’t learn anything if you don’t read, i enjoy reading :D

How to repair the Partition Table of my Laptop?

I have a HP DV9500 Laptop. I have 2 HDDs on it, but I can only boot from one.
I have Windows Vista on it. The initial partition table was something like that:
~140 GB – WIndows Vista
~8 GB – Recovery Partition

I split the 140 GB partition in 2 with the Kubuntu 7.10 partitioner. There was enough free space on that partition. I then proceeded with the instalation of Kubuntu. When Grub was installed it didn’t detect Vista. The problem is that Kubuntu doesn’t start-up and when I manually boot Vista it stucks at boot. It doesn’t boot from the Recovery DVD either…
Somebody suggested that the Partition Table is broken. I don’t have a physical bad on my HDDs, so the question is: How do I repair the partition table?
P.S.: I have access to my HDDs via Back|Track Linux Live CD. I can also access the terminal. Can I repair the PT with fdisk?(and how)

Thanks in advance.

does booting ubuntu from a disk delete windows?

i was wondering if i use a live cd version of linux to boot up the os it will delete windows

can i run ubuntu 7.10 with networking with xp from live cd?

i am sort of new in Linux world. i have download Ubuntu 7.10 desktop edition. now i want to boot that from cd. and i want to use internet when i am in Linux os. but i don’t want remove win xp from my pc which i have right now. i also do not want to separate my hard drive. is it possible to do that. or i have to separate my hard drive. and also, is Ubuntu 7.10 has beryl integrated. thnx