Just installed linux mint!

Ross, was it installed on a machine that had Windows running previously? If so, did it pick up your NTFS partitions and give you easy, full access to them? Cheers :)
 
Deadly Ferret said:
Ross, was it installed on a machine that had Windows running previously? If so, did it pick up your NTFS partitions and give you easy, full access to them? Cheers :)
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I'm running Ubuntu, which does this without a problem. Seeing as Mint is based on Ubuntu I don't see why it wouldnt!
 
hey all, im considering trying this Mint, however... I have never used anything other than windows in my life:D this might be an interesting experiment for me lol, I have looked at the user guide for mint and checked a few threads on their forums, doesnt seem that bad to get into. Anyone wanna give me a heads up on problems im obviously going to encounter if I do decide to give it a whirl? (im also going for a dual boot so i can switch back to vista if it goes bad :p)
 
uknowist said:
hey all, im considering trying this Mint, however... I have never used anything other than windows in my life:D this might be an interesting experiment for me lol, I have looked at the user guide for mint and checked a few threads on their forums, doesnt seem that bad to get into. Anyone wanna give me a heads up on problems im obviously going to encounter if I do decide to give it a whirl? (im also going for a dual boot so i can switch back to vista if it goes bad :p)
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ubuntu 8.10 (I'm assuming miont is the same) has a feature called "wubi" basically if you wanna play around with ubuntu/mint.

Burn either iso to cd, take it out of the drive. Reboot your comp, let windows load. Insert the ubuntu CD, it will ask if you wanna install ubuntu via wubi, follow it through. job done.

Basically its installing ubuntu inside windows, like a normal program. Ubuntu can the be removed from inside windows like any other program by using add/remove programs! :)

I recommend wubi if your starting out.
 
im scared of installing it now lol, my mate decided he'd give it a go first, (hes also using vista) and has said that the install has messed up at 51% and he cant fix it, not only that he cant get back into vista again, he cant even reinstall it lol so im staying away for the moment :o
 
when testing os's i always whack in a spare hard drive and disconnect the windows one

it's easy, simpler than installing windows xp

once you've burned the cd to disc, and booted from it, it loads itself into ram, so you can 'test' it from the cd without installing -obviously it's a hell of a lot slower when running directly from the cd
 
bledd. said:
when testing os's i always whack in a spare hard drive and disconnect the windows one

it's easy, simpler than installing windows xp

once you've burned the cd to disc, and booted from it, it loads itself into ram, so you can 'test' it from the cd without installing -obviously it's a hell of a lot slower when running directly from the cd
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Why? Just use VM Ware (or similar) if you really want to see if you like something. It'll run well enough for you to make your mind up.
 
uknowist said:
im scared of installing it now lol, my mate decided he'd give it a go first, (hes also using vista) and has said that the install has messed up at 51% and he cant fix it, not only that he cant get back into vista again, he cant even reinstall it lol so im staying away for the moment :o
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Get him to post and we'll see if we can fix him up! :)
 
BillytheImpaler said:
Get him to post and we'll see if we can fix him up! :)
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I've told him too but he isnt a member and is too lazy to sign up:rolleyes:

Basically he was using vista on his laptop, burned mint, restarted and it started to install then it stopped at 51% and never went passed it. Now he cant even get back into vista. So he's trying to burn it again to see if that makes a difference in case it was a bad burn:o
 
Ok, in the worst case scenario, unless he screwed up his own configuration, to restore Windows you'll have to reload the Windows bootloader. Tell him to fret not. :)
 
It used to be that you'd boot the installation CD, go to the recovery console by pressing F6 (I think), and run the fixmbr command. This may have changed with Vista. I don't have any Vista installation disks handy, so I can't check.
 
In vista you don't need to do this. It has a GUI installer now.
When you boot the vista CD, it detects the existing install and asks you if you wish to repair it etc, and gives the option to reinstall the vista boot loader, do this one.
BUT
When you say 51%? Could that maybe be when it was resizing the partition this can take a very long time depending on how full the disc is, or was 51% through copying the files, by saying he can't get into either now it makes me think he was inpatient at the drive partition stage, it does look like its hung but it is working, the Linux install does not overwrite the boot loader until the last start IIRC.
If this is the case just resize the partitions again and it might fix the whole thing.
 
The Mad Rapper said:
Why? Just use VM Ware (or similar) if you really want to see if you like something. It'll run well enough for you to make your mind up.
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i use virtual machines, but for testing an os, i tend to use a real install to get a better idea of it's actual speed
 
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