Well, I have a pretty modern laptop, hp compact dv2000. Recently, Ive become involved with Linux.
I also have a wubi version of kubuntu, works great.
I recently tried Mint 8, and in its frequent problems, I choose to stop. I was duel booting with vista, and it wouldn’t give me the option in grub.
So I tried deleting all data in its partition. And the partition. Then I tried Debian. It works pretty well, but I don’t have access to booting vista, or some of my drivers. I cant even mount my C drive.
Now I don’t know what to do, trouble shoot my debian, or try something else, I have Fedora or slackware in mind. This laptop is my little experiment but I would like to keep all of my stuff and have it fully functional. I would love something easy to config. With the standard ubuntu proprietary driver finder.
Mint was very good, except I had troubles with some power configuration that I couldnt even access. Also, It crashed, and I coldnt boot anything from grub.
Thank you GrantRocketN
Is Linux Mint a good and Stable distribution?
And Grub dosnt delete when I do that, How do I uninstall Grub too so that I can Go on Vista to Backup?
(Ive done those steps tons of times on my other computers ) Im not so much a newbie, just need newbie advice
Thanks again
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What’s wrong with Mint? You could also try the standard Ubuntu, or Xubuntu
I use Ubuntu 9.10. I tried X and K, but like the plain Ubuntu better. I also tried Mint, pc linux os, and a couple others-just too much trouble for me (not being a comp whiz).
Ubuntu works.
So you want a GRUB boot option that gives you a pick between windows and linux mint.
Easy, ok there should be several partition’s. First get a partition program.
I do not remeber what program i have but its a cd that you boot.
Now there should be 3 partitions.
first there is the windows partition. (if the program is worth its salt it will show you what filesystem is on there) linux uses exc3 or exc4 for the main partition. Delete that. Then there is a linux swap space (about 512mb or so) delete that.
Now create a partition in the exc3 filesystem fully filling the space that the partitions you just deleted occupied.
Save the changes and exit.
Install mint8 onto the partition you created.
GRUB should set its self up properly to dual boot windows and linux.
You are using this on a netbook sooooooo you will need somehow get linux on there. I would use a live boot flashdrive. (lets you boot it like a cd only its on a flashdrive)
The spcs on your computer says a NVIDIA graphic card. NICE nvidia is the most compatable with linux. so this info should help you out somewhat. if you get stuck there is a yahoo group called linux newbies. i am on that list and there are LOTS of other people way more knowledgable than me that could help you even more.
Debian and no vista with grub:
I have not used debian for several years but there are a couple things you could try;
When you are running debian try to do a grub update; in a terminal type
sudo update-grub
That should have grub check the drives for all OSes and add them to the bootloader.
If that doesn’t work you could reinstall grub to the mbr of your first drive (sda)
sudo reinstall grub
I am assuming that you have grub 1. Grub 2 has been introduced in some newer distros and I have not used it yet. I understand that it works a little differently. See the first link below.
Which drivers do you need for debian? The second link explains how to mount ntfs in debian.
I understand that Mint is a good and stable distro and highly recommended for people new to linux for its ease of install, use, and stability.
Since you are using the laptop to experiment and learn linux why not install both fedora and slack. Grub can handle all those OSes. Ubuntu and mint have the reputation of being about the easiest to configure. Another new OS called gOS is based on ubuntu, is very light and hardly needs any configuration.
You can reinstall the vista bootloader to the mbr, which will replace grub, but not have any linux entries unless you edit the vista bootloader. See the last link
Good luck