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I stopped using Windows boxes to do online banking a couple of years ago after reading that rootkits can make keyloggers invisible to most AV software. Since then I've been using a Linux Mint live CD and firing it up when bills are due. This gets to be a chore, however, having to close...

We have a customer who wants to plug some non-Cisco blade servers into a UCS 6248 switch. The customer said they "uninstalled" UCS Manager, and it will work like a traditional switch. The blade vendor in question certainly hasn't tested this, but we don't want to derail the project, so I'm...

Thanks again for alll the (quick) suggestions. I'll try those in the morning. I'll copy off anything important from my XP partition from within linux to a NAS box, then - worst case - try fixmbr to get XP to boot again. Thanks again.

Neither are present.

Grrr... yeah I had tried specifying the path, but still get command not found. I launched gksudo nautilus but don't see the other filesystem that has grub-install. Do I need to mount it manually? Usually it auto-mounts. I looked in the /dev directory but don't know what the heck I'd be...

Returns nothing. stu@stu-H55M-S2H:~$ whereis grub-install grub-install: stu@stu-H55M-S2H:~$ (btw what tags are you using for pasting code?) EDIT -- I can see grub-install in the /usr/sbin directory on my other (dead) partition. Tried copying to the current /usr/bin but got permissions error.

VinDSL - When I try to do the "sudo grub-install -v" I get an error "sudo: grub-install: command not found". When I did the purge command I got a text pop-up that indicated the system would be unbootable until I reinstallled grub. I answered yes b/c I assumed the point was that I was...

Thanks guys... I'll try that. (fyi closing bracket is there... just didn't paste it)

I recently attempted to upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 but the install locked up. I tried to do a "repair install" ala XP, but 10.10 ended up taking freespace from my existing Linux partition and installing into a new partition. Whatever happened during the repair/reinstall, I can no longer...

Nevermind... I earlier had tried reinstalling Ubuntu to try and fix the boot problem. I discovered that it had installed into a new extended partition. I chose that in grub, was able to boot and copy the pictures/videos off. I have a new problem that I cannot boot into windows from grub, but...

I attempted to upgrade 10.04 to 10.10 and things got hosed. It won't boot now... I think it's a graphics issue (resolution errrors when trying to launch recovery shell). but I'd prefer to just wipe the partition and start over. 10.04 was my first attempt at using Ubuntu for my main PC and I'm...

I have (had) Ubuntu 10.04 setup with XP dual-boot and used the instructions on the Ubuntu site (pasted below) to upgrade to 10.10 (from within Ubuntu). I installed all of the updates, per step3, but did not reboot before attempting to upgrade the os afterwards. It was stuck in the installation...

I appreciate the info and links!

A system with 4x Opterons might support ESXi, which is free... you could give a couple of cores to XP, a couple to Ubuntu, Win7, etc. Wouldn't perform as well as current/recent desktop CPUs but it's the only real way you'll leverage a desktop OS with server CPUs. Storage requirements might...

Thanks for the replies... at least I can stop banging my head against the wall. I'll see if I can get by with the VGA connection. I went with the i3 and single SSD to keep things cool enough to support a single quiet fan -- I don't game on PC so integrated graphics seemed adequate. Do the...