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| [09:48] <Dabo_> I have ubuntu 12.04 lts installed with windows 7, I believe it is dual booting, but I think it is wubi. Anyways, it is in a seperate partion. I want to remove it and re-install ubuntu into a bigger space, and all. My question is, will it harm my computer to remove/format the partition that ubuntu is in and then install ubuntu again using a live cd? | |
| [09:51] <Dabo_> Actually, never mind, sorry. I can't really stay up any later tonight, I will come back in teh morning | |
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| [18:12] <Dabo_> I currently have Ubuntu 12.04 installed dual booting with windows 7, in a separate partion. I believe I used the wubi installer. My question is will it harm my computer if I just format the ubuntu partion? And if it will not, would it be a better idea to use windows or to use a live cd with gparted to format it. Last time I used gparted to edit my system, windows freaked out and checked all the disks, but it booted up fine. | |
| [18:13] <Dabo_> I do have a backup of all my data in ubuntu stored in windows. And after formating the partion I would want to re install ubuntu using a live cd. | |
| [18:15] <coalwater> Dabo_: there's one concern | |
| [18:15] <coalwater> Dabo_: it might ruin ur boot | |
| [18:15] <Dabo_> windows boot? | |
| [18:15] <coalwater> Dabo_: do u use grub or windows boot | |
| [18:15] <Dabo_> I use windows bootloader currently, but if Grub will be able to boot into windows, then I am fine with using it. | |
| [18:16] <Dabo_> Would installing with a live CD install grub?> | |
| [18:16] <coalwater> Dabo_: if you want to login into ubuntu do u go windows boot > grub > ubuntu ? | |
| [18:16] <Dabo_> It usually goes directly from windows boot to ubuntu | |
| [18:16] <Dabo_> And currently I have a totally messed up ubuntu system, that I just want to format and then re install correctly. | |
| [18:17] <coalwater> if you're going to reinstall i suppose ubuntu will update the grub after installation anyway | |
| [18:17] <coalwater> i was thinking ull remove ubuntu for good | |
| [18:19] <Dabo_> Ah, yes. I am not sure if I currently have grub, because I used the windows installer. Part of the thing is just removing Ubuntu that was installed through windows, and then getting a real version of ubuntu that actually uses the amount of space I can give it. | |
| [18:19] <coalwater> wait wait, is ubuntu a file under windows? or ext4 partition ? | |
| [18:20] <Dabo_> it is in a nfts partion. | |
| [18:20] <Dabo_> but I believe I used the downloadable windows installer | |
| [18:20] <coalwater> in windows u see ubuntu as one huge file? | |
| [18:20] <coalwater> .img i think ? | |
| [18:20] <coalwater> or something | |
| [18:20] <Dabo_> I see the root.disk in a seperate hard disk, | |
| [18:20] <coalwater> yea i understand now | |
| [18:20] <Dabo_> like I have C:, B:, and a ubuntu drive | |
| [18:21] <coalwater> u should find ubuntu in the add/remove inside windows | |
| [18:21] <coalwater> check that | |
| [18:21] <Dabo_> I tried that, and it didn't really do anything | |
| [18:21] <Dabo_> I will get hte error | |
| [18:21] <coalwater> ok u can delete it manually and partition, but ull need to update the boot.ini manually, can u do that ? | |
| [18:22] <coalwater> or nvm, grub will update it | |
| [18:22] <Dabo_> Ok, so it would be safe to just format the ubuntu drive? if I am re installing ubuntu using a live CD | |
| [18:23] <Dabo_> oh, and the windows uninstaller says "An error occured while trying to uninstall Ubuntu. You do not have access to L:\ubuntu\uninstall-wubi.ece. | |
| [18:24] <coalwater> hmm well idk about the windows uninstaller, but i think u can just ignore it, u can format the partition but when booting choosing ubuntu will fail, until u update the boot.ini or install the new ubuntu | |
| [18:25] <Dabo_> ok | |
| [18:25] <Dabo_> But booting into windows will work? | |
| [18:25] <coalwater> yea it should work just fine | |
| [18:25] <Dabo_> Ok, thank you. | |
| [18:25] <Dabo_> BTW currently ubuntu won't boot anyways :P | |
| [18:25] <coalwater> ok lets talk about that if u have time | |
| [18:25] <Dabo_> I messed it up using GParted. | |
| [18:25] <coalwater> what do u get when trying to boot | |
| [18:26] <Dabo_> a message about the file windows failed to start." and the file /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr was missing or corrupt. I can't remember exactly | |
| [18:27] <Dabo_> That is because I had moved and expanded the ubuntu partion in a live CD | |
| [18:27] <coalwater> ok maybe because the partition letter changed | |
| [18:27] <Dabo_> I am going to format the Ubuntu partion now, though. | |
| [18:28] <coalwater> btw u can mount the image file in live cd | |
| [18:28] <coalwater> if u need any files | |
| [18:28] <Dabo_> That is how I made a backup :) | |
| [18:28] <coalwater> did u try to update the gurb from there? | |
| [18:28] <coalwater> after mounting | |
| [18:28] <Dabo_> I didn't, | |
| [18:28] <coalwater> could be a last try, if u still want to keep it | |
| [18:29] <Dabo_> I would rather, at this point just re install it. | |
| [18:29] <coalwater> yea, ok, good luck | |
| [18:29] <Dabo_> because I think also that I want to create a swap partion, and have the ubuntu drive be a around 50gb instead of 20 | |
| [18:30] <Dabo_> oh, and one more thing | |
| [18:30] <coalwater> how comfortable are u with partitioning and stuff | |
| [18:30] <Dabo_> Will it work for me to create the drive for ubuntu to be in in windows? or would that mess up the live CD install | |
| [18:31] <coalwater> this is still the same method u already have | |
| [18:31] <coalwater> an image file inside windows | |
| [18:31] <Dabo_> I meen, will it install into NTFS, or does it need ext4. | |
| [18:32] <Dabo_> image file? Would GParted see that as a drive? | |
| [18:32] <coalwater> nope | |
| [18:32] <Dabo_> it does see ubuntu as a drive though... | |
| [18:32] <coalwater> cause u created the ubuntu image file in a separate partition | |
| [18:32] <Dabo_> http://i48.tinypic.com/1orwjq.png | |
| [18:32] <Dabo_> the root.disk is in a seperate partion | |
| [18:32] <coalwater> yea | |
| [18:33] <Dabo_> that is on the live CD | |
| [18:33] <coalwater> there's a partition called ubuntu, that has the image file | |
| [18:33] <Dabo_> yes | |
| [18:33] <Dabo_> I just want to format that partion | |
| [18:33] <Dabo_> now | |
| [18:33] <coalwater> do it lol | |
| [18:33] <coalwater> but if there's nothing else other than ubuntu, try ext4 | |
| [18:34] <Dabo_> Would it be better to delete it in windows? And then create an ext4 with the live CD? | |
| [18:34] <coalwater> and u might want to split a 4gb swap after it | |
| [18:34] <coalwater> doesn't matter much | |
| [18:34] <Dabo_> or to just let it install into a windows NTFS. Ok | |
| [18:34] <coalwater> why do u want it to be ntfs | |
| [18:34] <Dabo_> I am just saying, that is what windows makes it | |
| [18:35] <coalwater> dont install from wubi | |
| [18:35] <coalwater> boot from the cd | |
| [18:35] <Dabo_> I don't need it to be either one, that is what I am asking. | |
| [18:35] <Dabo_> I will | |
| [18:35] <Dabo_> Part of me re installing it is so that I can have it installed via live CD instead of windows wubi | |
| [18:36] <coalwater> if u want to try u can try virtual box image and install on it | |
| [18:36] <coalwater> to try the experience without playing with ur system | |
| [18:36] <Dabo_> virtual box image? | |
| [18:36] <coalwater> u know virtual box right ? | |
| [18:37] <Dabo_> yes, I think so. | |
| [18:38] <coalwater> it's easy, u can play with a test image and do w/e you want | |
| [18:38] <Dabo_> ah, I see. | |
| [18:38] <Dabo_> I just deleted the Ubuntu partion, I think I will boot up into the live CD now to install. | |
| [18:39] <coalwater> okay, good luck | |
| [18:43] <Dabo-> Rebooting in to my live cd now, | |
| [18:55] <coalwater> Dabo-: o,forgot u can use the internet while using the live cd lol | |
| [18:57] <Dabo-> I have a question. Using the ubuntu installer I have made a ext4 partion and a swap partion when I click install now, it asks me to define a root file system. | |
| [19:00] <Dabo_> Sorry D: | |
| [19:00] <Dabo_> Disconnected accidentally | |
| [19:06] <Dabo_> It is installing. | |
| [19:14] <coalwater> Dabo_: did u choose the root partition ? | |
| [19:19] <Dabo_> I just installed it and it fails to boot. I fixed that this by telling it to mount sda7 as / | |
| [19:20] <Dabo_> But now I still can't boot into ubuntu | |
| [19:21] <Dabo_> Would that be because I selected sda7 as where to install the bootloader? | |
| [19:27] <coalwater> Dabo_: what do u get when u boot | |
| [19:29] <Dabo_> Option to boot into windows or ubuntu, in the windows bootloader | |
| [19:29] <Dabo_> Ubuntu produces the same error as before | |
| [19:30] <Dabo_> I can boot into windows | |
| [19:38] <Dabo_> I an currently in ubuntu live CD. | |
| [19:40] <Dabo_> It works now :D. Thanks, bye.! | |
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| [21:30] <Dabo__> Back, that didn't work | |
| [21:32] <Dabo__> I am stuck in unity2d, I guess. | |
| [21:34] <Dabo__> I think that compiz was the program that ubuntu had to restart before I Force shut down using REISUB | |
| [21:37] <Dabo__> should I try unity --reset ? | |
| [21:37] <coalwater> just unity | |
| [21:38] <coalwater> or nit | |
| [21:38] <coalwater> not | |
| [21:39] <Dabo_> Back | |
| [21:39] <Dabo_> when I did unity | |
| [21:40] <Dabo_> It goes all weird, with no gray bars above any windows | |
| [21:41] <Dabo_> then It tells me that compiz has crashed | |
| [21:41] <Dabo_> and I have to log out using the upper right hand button and log back in to fix | |
| [21:45] <Dabo_> Sorry about that, XChat just crashed | |
| [21:54] <Dabo_> This is the output of unity --log=LOG.txt --verbose I pasted log.txt into a pastebin | |
| [21:54] <Dabo_> http://pastebin.com/4khBuygi | |
| [23:55] <ICU> hello | |
| [23:55] <ICU> can someone help me pls | |
| [23:56] <mysteriousdaren> ICU: yes ask your question | |
| [23:57] <ICU> i am triing to instal wine or PlayOnLinux , but everything i doo get's to an error | |
| [23:59] <ICU> http://pastebin.com/R49XGpN2 this is an example | |