Posts by Paul

1) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Screen Saver for Linux (Message 52859) Posted 4 May 2008 by Paul Post: Ditto and Agreed.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Ubuntu "boinc" user (Message 51541) Posted 21 Feb 2008 by Paul Post: Remember to use your own menu.lst and not just copy & paste mine. The reason is that my hard drive setup will most probably be different from yours. ( I have five hard drives)
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Ubuntu "boinc" user (Message 51540) Posted 21 Feb 2008 by Paul Post: Hello guys:) Thanks for your comments on my ubunto problem. I just wish to tell you that I have to reformat my WIN XP HDD and also the Sata drive where I installed ubuntu. I cannot boot each OS without both drives installed. It's a frustrating experience for me. I got my lesson. Thanks again. joseps Ironically I just posted a help file on Ebuyers forums.... Basically the gist of it was.... Why are you trying to remove GRUB ? If its because you want the machine to default boot windows then edit menu.lst [edit] f you dont know how to edit menu.lst it lives..... *Dont* navigate to that directory and click on the link and try and edit it that way though as you wont have ROOT permissions. Install Kate, either with Add/Remove, Synaptic or sudo apt-get install kate You dont have to use kate but I much prefer it. When its installed... press left Alt & F2 Type kdesu kate It will ask for your password. ALL actions within kate will now have ROOT permissions. Now use the open req and navigate to boot/grub and load menu.lst Immediately save out as BAKmenu.lst so you still have your original version if something goes wrong. Just edit menu.lst by copy & pasting the vista entry at the bottom of all this text above the Ubuntu entry at the top. Dont cut out ( delete) the lower option though as when Ubuntu does a linux Kernal update it will wipe the top entry (vista) eg. Here is the bottom of my GRUB menu.lst before I mod it... ## ## End Default Options ## title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=aa62207a-d2e7-47a3-8fe0-87af43cfb371 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic quiet title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode) root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=aa62207a-d2e7-47a3-8fe0-87af43cfb371 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic title Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+ root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin quiet ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST # This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian # ones. title Other operating systems: root # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # on /dev/hda1 title Microsoft NumptyOS Professional root (hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1 ************************************************ *********************************************** Just copy & paste the non-linux bit ( Windows) at the bottom of the text to the top like..... ## ## End Default Options ## title Microsoft NumptyOS Professional root (hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1 title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=aa62207a-d2e7-47a3-8fe0-87af43cfb371 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic quiet title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode) root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=aa62207a-d2e7-47a3-8fe0-87af43cfb371 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic title Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+ root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin quiet ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST # This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian # ones. title Other operating systems: root # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # on /dev/hda1 title Microsoft NumptyOS Professional root (hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Installing Boincs in Ubuntu (Message 51205) Posted 6 Feb 2008 by Paul Post: Retyping this as I shut the damn window before posting it - Doh! If anyones considering installing ubuntu and crunching boincs on it here's a quick "how to" DONT install via Applications-ADD/Remove Go into the System tab and select "Synaptic" Screenshot 1 Click the "search" tab and enter Boinc Screenshot 2 Tick both the "Boincs Client and the Boinc-Manager" box and then click the "Apply" button at the top which is ghosted on mine as I haven't selected anything for install. The boxes are also green on my screenshot because I already have it installed. Screenshot 3 I haven't selected Seti because I'm not interested in that. Rosetta will be found inside the clinet once it's installed. When installation is complete your'll find the Boinc client lives in Applications - Accessories Screenshot 4 Run the application and select Whichever project you want to attach to. Hope that all helps.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Ubuntu "boinc" user (Message 50865) Posted 21 Jan 2008 by Paul Post: I uninstalled the ubuntu boinc and downloaded a copy from the website. Not ideal, but it works. Stephen I am getting Compute errors quite regularly since changing from Debian 64 to Ubuntu 32