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Posted by Patrick at 12:18 am on March 5th, 2008
Well, I'm sorry things have been quiet around here lately, after my Christmas vacation I got swamped with work and other things and I suddenly had no time for Computer Haters. Fortunately, I realized it was a bad decision to neglect the Computer Hater community so I will start posting regularly again and not leave you all wondering how to boot Windows Vista.On another note, my wife and I got back from the baby doctor today and we found out we are having a boy and a girl, Yahoooooo! In the picture, the boy is on the left (Zander Patrick Otten) and the girl is on the right (Addison May Otten).
Look forward to some new content and more updates on the twins as they continue to cook in the oven I like to call my wife.
Posted by Zack at 11:06 am on March 3rd, 2008
Remember to read the whole post before you do anything, and Always! backup your data first, just in case.
Well if you read my last post on dual booting linux, I left out one key detail; REMOVE YOUR WINDOWS HARDRIVE FIRST! Yea, I left my windows hardrive plugged in while I was installing my ubuntu hardrive and guess what, it installed GRUB to my Windows hardrive. So for the last few weeks I've had to go through GRUB to get to my Windows Bootloader to be able to boot Vista or XP lol. I finally decided it was time to fix the problem, so I googled it. Heres what I came up with.
1. Put you Windows Vista dvd in your computer and boot from it.
2. Let it load the files and boot up, then press the next button on the first screen. On the second screen click the "Repair you Computer" link towards the bottom.
3. Click the bottom option, about opening a command prompt.
now type:
That'll remove GRUB and put the Vista loader back. Unfortunately, that also corrupted the GRUB on my ubuntu partition, but I planned on reinstalling anyways so although it isn't a problem for me, I recommend you backup all your data first!
Well if you read my last post on dual booting linux, I left out one key detail; REMOVE YOUR WINDOWS HARDRIVE FIRST! Yea, I left my windows hardrive plugged in while I was installing my ubuntu hardrive and guess what, it installed GRUB to my Windows hardrive. So for the last few weeks I've had to go through GRUB to get to my Windows Bootloader to be able to boot Vista or XP lol. I finally decided it was time to fix the problem, so I googled it. Heres what I came up with.
1. Put you Windows Vista dvd in your computer and boot from it.
2. Let it load the files and boot up, then press the next button on the first screen. On the second screen click the "Repair you Computer" link towards the bottom.
3. Click the bottom option, about opening a command prompt.
now type:
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /fixmbrThat'll remove GRUB and put the Vista loader back. Unfortunately, that also corrupted the GRUB on my ubuntu partition, but I planned on reinstalling anyways so although it isn't a problem for me, I recommend you backup all your data first!
Posted by Zack at 2:56 pm on February 8th, 2008
Since I've started using Ubuntu again, I got my 32 bit installation running great and everything configured how I wanted it. Then I realized I could use 64 bit, never occurred to me before. Well I happened to have left half my hard drive unpartitioned incase I wanted another OS to dual boot with, so I went ahead and downloaded 64 bit Ubuntu and installed it on my free space. The problem was that the bootmanager (GRUB) was installed on my first partition, and it wasnt getting updated with the new ubuntu installation. Heres how I fixed the problem.
First, open a terminal on your first installation of Ubuntu, and type
scroll down to the bottom and you should see a section that looks somewhat like this
Its simple enough, just add another entry to the bootloader. So first get your second install finished then come back here to do add it in.
Take the first entry in there, where it says "title ubuntu 7.10, Kernel 2.6.22-14-generic" and copy that whole section, and paste it in there again. (Im gonna pretend you pasted it at the bottom). First you should change the name to something you'll recognize so you dont get confused over which partition is which. Change the part after the word "title", I called mine "Ubuntu 64 bit"
Next you have to tell it where the "root" is on the hardrive. You'll see it probably says "(hd0,0)" (like mine does, for this the numbering starts at 0, so 0=1 and 1=2 and 2=3 and so on..). That tells the bootloader that its on hardrive 1, partition 1. My swap partition is next, so thats (hd0,1), now my third partition is where i installed my 64 bit ubuntu. so I would tell it "(hd0,2)", name yours accordingly to how you installed it.
Now tell it what your kernel is, if you installed a different distro of linux (like dreamlinux, or a different version of ubuntu) then you will want to make sure you get the right file. Open your (new partition)/boot/ folder and find the kernel file, type its name in exactly as you see it. to get your UUID just right click your hardrive (You can find it by opening your My Computer Folder), select Properties and go the the Volumes
tab at the top. write in your UUID exactly as you see it on that window. After UUID write in "ro quiet splash" (on the same line as the end of your UUID).
Now find your initrd file in the (new partition)/boot/ folder and type its name in exactly as it shows there, except for the .bak at the end of it. Thats not supposed to be included. Now hit the enter key and on the last line all by itself type "quiet" (without the quotes of course).
That should do it, just save and close the file and then you can reboot and find your new install using hte Grub menu. Its worth saying, whichever boot entry is on top (right below the line that says "## ## End Default Options ##") is going to be booted by default.
First, open a terminal on your first installation of Ubuntu, and type
$ sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lstscroll down to the bottom and you should see a section that looks somewhat like this
Its simple enough, just add another entry to the bootloader. So first get your second install finished then come back here to do add it in.
Take the first entry in there, where it says "title ubuntu 7.10, Kernel 2.6.22-14-generic" and copy that whole section, and paste it in there again. (Im gonna pretend you pasted it at the bottom). First you should change the name to something you'll recognize so you dont get confused over which partition is which. Change the part after the word "title", I called mine "Ubuntu 64 bit"
Next you have to tell it where the "root" is on the hardrive. You'll see it probably says "(hd0,0)" (like mine does, for this the numbering starts at 0, so 0=1 and 1=2 and 2=3 and so on..). That tells the bootloader that its on hardrive 1, partition 1. My swap partition is next, so thats (hd0,1), now my third partition is where i installed my 64 bit ubuntu. so I would tell it "(hd0,2)", name yours accordingly to how you installed it.
Now tell it what your kernel is, if you installed a different distro of linux (like dreamlinux, or a different version of ubuntu) then you will want to make sure you get the right file. Open your (new partition)/boot/ folder and find the kernel file, type its name in exactly as you see it. to get your UUID just right click your hardrive (You can find it by opening your My Computer Folder), select Properties and go the the Volumes
tab at the top. write in your UUID exactly as you see it on that window. After UUID write in "ro quiet splash" (on the same line as the end of your UUID).
Now find your initrd file in the (new partition)/boot/ folder and type its name in exactly as it shows there, except for the .bak at the end of it. Thats not supposed to be included. Now hit the enter key and on the last line all by itself type "quiet" (without the quotes of course).
That should do it, just save and close the file and then you can reboot and find your new install using hte Grub menu. Its worth saying, whichever boot entry is on top (right below the line that says "## ## End Default Options ##") is going to be booted by default.
Posted by Zack at 3:32 pm on January 23rd, 2008
So lately I've been using Windows alot, just cant get enough Call of Duty 4 :) but ive been missing having gnome-do on Ubuntu, and I've always been jealous of quicksilver for Mac, so I finally googled it and found a program called Launchy, looks alot like quicksilver and its really customizable. It is obviously not nearly as awesome as Quicksilver, but it works. Go check it out
Launchy Homepage
Launchy Homepage
Posted by Patrick at 8:43 pm on January 20th, 2008
Well, this is definitely something I have never done before. I'm doing this post from my new iPhone. For one I never thought I'd get an iPhone and 2, I didn't know if posting from the browser was going to work, but it looks as though it is working.
In my opinion the browser is the best part of this phone. It has full support for javascript which is awesome and everything gets laid out as it is suppose to, or at least for the most part it does. If you have ever tried to use another mobile browser, they are painful to try and use and almost a waste of time to even try. Not safari for the iPhone, this thing is a beast.
I've wanted this phone since the day it came out but i was dissapointed in a few things which are what kept me from getting the phone (well, my wife also said NO, hehe). Since the iPhones release, apple has impressed me by adding new features to the iPhone and also with the release of the SDK coming the end of next month, I figured it was time to give in. I also wasn't sure if I was gonna be a fan of this keyboard but it is flippin awesome.
If you are thinking about picking up an iPhone, I would really recommend it, I think it is well worth the money.
In my opinion the browser is the best part of this phone. It has full support for javascript which is awesome and everything gets laid out as it is suppose to, or at least for the most part it does. If you have ever tried to use another mobile browser, they are painful to try and use and almost a waste of time to even try. Not safari for the iPhone, this thing is a beast.
I've wanted this phone since the day it came out but i was dissapointed in a few things which are what kept me from getting the phone (well, my wife also said NO, hehe). Since the iPhones release, apple has impressed me by adding new features to the iPhone and also with the release of the SDK coming the end of next month, I figured it was time to give in. I also wasn't sure if I was gonna be a fan of this keyboard but it is flippin awesome.
If you are thinking about picking up an iPhone, I would really recommend it, I think it is well worth the money.