Ubuntu Hardy Heron

adarsh

adarsh

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Hi guys,
I've been wanting to install Hardy Heron ever since I downloaded it.
But the problem is, I'm using a single laptop, so I'm not sure how to fix it if something goes wrong.
What's worse is the fact that HP did not give me the Vista installation disc to repair my laptop if anything goes wrong. It does have a recovery partition, though but I don't know how to use it.
How safe is the Ubuntu installation? And is there an easy way to restore my computer back to it's original state if the boot gets corrupted?
 
If you can access your windows installation partition (I think it's usually like F10 during boot, or my Fujitsu has an option in the boot menu) you could probably repartition the drive leaving a small area for Linux. That way it should be relatively separate and safe, should anything go wrong. Plus you should be able to reload either OS without disrupting the other.

Have you contacted HP regarding a restore CD? I have heard of some companies (probably not HP :P ) distributing free recovery CDs upon request. Even if it's not free, I wouldn't image it'd be too expensive considering you should already have a key for your copy of Vista.

Also, have you considered running Linux as a LiveCD? Assuming you laptop doesn't require any additional drivers, you should be able to run the OS directly off the CD and try it out.
 
You should have the ability to create the recovery disks within Windows. Post the model name and number of your lappy, and I'll give you the link w/ instructions.
 
My thanks to both of you :)

The_Other_One : I'm interested to run it off a Live CD. Can you help me?
mep : It's a HP Pavilion dv6383ea laptop.
 
To run it as livecd its as simple as burning it to the cd, select run as live cd, and it will boot into a virtual os. Another thing you could do is use wubi to install it to a virtual hdd, basically a file inside windows. More information on wubi can be found here:
http://wubi-installer.org/
 
At Boot Time? Did you Just drag the Ubuntu.iso to a Blank CD? Or Did you use a Option or Of some type close to Burn ISO Image, or Write Image File To Disc?

Here try this, ImgBurn, after you are finished installing and get the Program running, Choose the Option of >>> Write Image File to Disc <<<
 
Well, I could use a VM. But it's an awful loss of HD space, I only have about 60 GB left.
@MOLD0V4N : Yeah, just right click and Sent it to DVD :D
 
Virtual PC has issues with linux

mouse didnt used to work but its been fixed now

colour depth still defaults to the wrong setting in most distros giving you a garbled screen. Editing xorg.conf and restarting X fixes it though

VirtualBox is a better option for linux atm.

And yeah, dont burn the .ISO image as a file. Thats wrong. You want to burn it as an image, so that the 1 file expands to be a whole disk full of files and is bootable.

Download DeepBurner (free) and choose burn ISO. Nice and easy.
 
That worked, thanks for clearing the .iso doubt.
I have another doubt, how can I access the internet through a 56k modem in Ubuntu?
I don't normally use 56k, but sometimes, when I go to my friends' places, I am restricted to using 56k because they don't have broadband.
 
if its a winmodem (pci modem) its gonna be problematic getting it to work

a serial modem is a lot more supported
 
yea

the problem is winmodems (most modems) dont actually do any work, the brunt of the work is dont by the pc instead. bad news is that these drivers dont usually exist for linux
 
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