Copy WinXPpro install to second HD??

[grimdeath]

yea i may have to do that, ive done all the changes they mention but some programs dont seem to be installing correctly...ill keep messing with it but i may end up needing to switch to ubuntu so i get direct instructions, not everything seems to be working as they say with KDE

 

[grimdeath]

ok, next question...how can i get my hands on wine? ive found firefox and gaim using the package manager(yes im such a cheater) but when i try to click on winetools it wont let me "check" the box...i also get a message saying it cant install wine thru the console before you try to get me to try it that way lol

is wine just "blocked out" or what? id figure so since its probably illegal and MS very much hates it....im just needing it to emulate a ventrilo VOIP client...the linux version isnt out yet

*edit* and it seems like ati doesnt recommend using their linux drivers unless need be, is it worth risking it to install them or is there another way i can help my resolution/refresh rate get higher then 1024x768 @ 60Hz?

 

[DidlySquat]

I can install wine - I just tried it in synaptic pacakge manager and it works. Dude are you sure you added the repositores EXACTLY like ubuntuguide tells you to ? If not, DELETE your sources.list file and create a new one which looks EXACTLY like what ununtuguide.org shows. All the required packages and dependent packages are included in these extra repositores.

And YOU HAVE TO INSTALL THE ATI DRIVERS PACKAGE (xorg-driver-fglrx) to get your video card to have all its capabilities. This is the best and ONLY way to do it.

 

[grimdeath]

i swear i have, i can copy/paste it over my lunch break to show ya, im not sure whats up with it, i would like to try synaptic but i only see kynaptic, are both installed or does that matter which i use? not having it listed in my repositories correctly wouldnt keep the package manager from working though right? im going word-by-word in the guide and still getting this, i really may have to switch over to ubuntu cause maybe the guide is slightly differnt....i know the changes you make point towards a site listing ubuntu but im not sure how much of a differnce that would make..btw this is the only app ive had problems with, i tried out several programs last night no problem..

i will get the driver package done tonight soo much to do and im still learning how to do it.

*edit* ok i just noticed you said a couple posts back that i needed to replace EVERYTHING with the new lines they show, but im pretty sure the guide says just to replace a certain section of the text with the new version, so which right?

 

[grimdeath]

here's what my repository shows:

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.04 _Hoary Hedgehog_ - Release i386 (20050407)]/ hoary main restricted


## Uncomment the following two lines to fetch updated software from the network
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to fetch major bug fix updates produced
## after the final release of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse

## Backports
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted

# Wine Official Package Mirror
deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/
deb-src http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ source/

whats not right? then i run sudo apt-get updates and get those errors and warnings list back a couple posts at the end of the update, i also get simliar messages anytime i install anything thru the console and it tells me i should run apt-get update to fix it...

here's what i get when trying to install wine:

sudo apt-get install wine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package wine is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
W: Couldn't stat source package list cdrom://Ubuntu 5.04 _Hoary Hedgehog_ - Release i386 (20050407) hoary/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%205.04%20%5fHoary%20Hedgehog%5f%20-%20Release%20i386
20(20050407)_dists_hoary_main_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list cdrom://Ubuntu 5.04 _Hoary Hedgehog_ - Release i386 (20050407) hoary/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%205.04%20%5fHoary%20Hedgehog%5f%20-%20Release%20i386
20(20050407)_dists_hoary_main_binary-amd64_Packages)(/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%205.04%20%5fHoary%20Hedgehog%5f%20-%20Release%20i386
20(20050407)_dists_hoary_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Package wine has no installation candidate
grim@x1-6-00-01-80-50-c9-a1grim:~$

or when trying winetools:

sudo apt-get install winetools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
winetools: Depends: wine (>= 0.0.20040914) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

 

[DidlySquat]

Ok, do the following:

1. Move your existing sources.list file out of the way

sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak

2. Create a new file /etc/apt/sources.list with these lines (and NOTHING else) - you can use ANY text editor to create the file. If you have a problem with being able to create the file because of permissions, you can FIRST create it in /tmp (e.g. /tmp/sources.list) and then copy it to /etc/apt (e.g. sudo cp /tmp/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list):

## Uncomment the following two lines to fetch updated software from the network
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to fetch major bug fix updates produced
## after the final release of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse

## Backports
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted



3. update your system (give these commands and answer yes to all questions):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade


4. Install wine:

sudo apt-get install wine

 

[grimdeath]

ok, i did the changes, replaced the sources.list with ^^ that text and ran both update and upgrade(no errors YAY!) but when i run the wine install i still get this:

sudo apt-get install wine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package wine is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package wine has no installation candidate

im heading back to work from lunch but post any reply you can, ill definatly get back to this tonight after work

 

[grimdeath]

bump

 

[DidlySquat]

I think you should just install ubuntu hoary 5.04

anyway, if you still need to find the windows partition just type

sudo fdisk -l

and look for a partiton with NTFS filesystem type in the output of the above command

 

[grimdeath]

well thanks for all your help, its a shame your the only one that seems to know anything about anything lol but youve done a great job in getting me started

just wanted ya to know that ive asked alot of question and maybe been a bit frustrating to work with but ive really gotten alot out of it, i know understand how to use the command window, what repositories are, how to setup the bootloader, how to download and install programs and things like that...still working on how to get the ati drivers to work, im pretty sure they installed but i cant notice any change or find a control panel to adjust settings specifically for that...i probably screwed it up, and im still having that same problem with wine(its really weird)

more to learn huh , thanks!