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OutToWinPAHC · 06-22-2009, 03:34 PM

I just installed linux Gloria, and I am a linux newb... I like it so far, but I am trying to run wine and have no idea what the hell I am doing. I read a few help pages on it but they are above my level.

Anyone care to tell me what I need to do?

Vypurr · 06-22-2009, 03:44 PM

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-497f...13312c7767afa2

OutToWinPAHC · 06-22-2009, 04:16 PM

yeah somehow I got it installed lol I was in the package program and started clicking away. Now I am installing Itunes

Vypurr · 06-22-2009, 04:19 PM

As far as I know, iTunes is one of the programs NOT supported by WINE.

OutToWinPAHC · 06-22-2009, 08:11 PM

I got itunes working, but not the ipod. I dunno I think im gonna rollback to XP.

c0nfl1kt · 06-22-2009, 08:41 PM

Hey, OutToWinPAHC, can you PM me what sort of head unit that is in your car? Thanks.

Honest_Bob · 06-22-2009, 09:00 PM

Virtual machines. Look into it.

lagos · 06-22-2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by OutToWinPAHC

I got itunes working, but not the ipod. I dunno I think im gonna rollback to XP.

dont give up so quickly.
there are other alternatives to itunes that work just great under linux.
best thing to do is to dual boot between linux and xp, until you get used to doing things in a different way. sure there is a transition period, but its well worth it for something thats more secure and virus free.

i recommend you give ubuntu a try. you can install in windows and have it dual boot without having to partition your drive. than if you ever want to uninstall, you can just do it from add/remove programs.

Nick Merrone · 06-22-2009, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by c0nfl1kt

Hey, OutToWinPAHC, can you PM me what sort of head unit that is in your car? Thanks.

he doesnt have a head unit.

c0nfl1kt · 06-22-2009, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick Merrone

he doesnt have a head unit.

What's that thing in the section where the radio should be?

Nick Merrone · 06-22-2009, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by c0nfl1kt

What's that thing in the section where the radio should be?

its like a management system, tells him his throttle response, rpms, speed, etc etc. he said hes probably going to get rid of it though.

OutToWinPAHC · 06-23-2009, 03:57 AM

Heres the new problems. My harddrive had 3 partitions. One is the recovery partition from HP in fat32, the other was XP NTFS, and the last was the Linux partion. After I tested linux, I decided I didn't like it, so I deleted that partition. So with no linux I boot up and the damn Grub loader still loads. Ok I select XP and that loads. I decided meh what the hell I've been having issue so I reboot again and select the windows NT operating system in the grub loader which is actually the windown recovery tool. It loads, reloads windows, and reboots... nothing. It cant find a valid bootloader thanks to grub. Just a black screen with a cursor.

Anyone have a bootable cd with NTFS support? or can they make me a bootable XP recovery CD? I need to get that machine back up for porn use.

Vypurr · 06-23-2009, 07:02 AM

try to torrent an xp cd or something, then wipe that partition and put xp back on. Or just run the HP recovery.

lagos · 06-23-2009, 09:26 AM

once again, linux to the rescue
http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/15/ho...ubuntu-livecd/

c0nfl1kt · 06-23-2009, 09:40 AM

I keep all my data in a slave drive for problems like these. Ubuntu starts up correctly maybe once every twenty attempts. When I was first messing around with it it locked me out plenty of times, so I had to reinstall a clean W7 plenty of times and broke two hard drives.

Vypurr · 06-23-2009, 10:25 AM

You should always have a seperate drive for your data if you can. If not, create a data partition and an operating system partition. That way if things go bad, you can just format the OS Drive or partition and start over while not losing any data.

If you are on Windows, just change the directory for all of your files (My Documents/Music/Video...) to the data drive so that it operates like normal!

c0nfl1kt · 06-23-2009, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Vypurr

If you are on Windows, just change the directory for all of your files (My Documents/Music/Video...) to the data drive so that it operates like normal!

Exactly what I do.

OutToWinPAHC · 06-23-2009, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lagos

once again, linux to the rescue
http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/15/ho...ubuntu-livecd/

Or not.... I dont have Ubunta, by name alone I dont want it lol.

Thats the personal PC, this is my work laptop, so I cant download anything with this. Anyone have a working windows 2000/XP cd I can borrow, or they can burn me. I just need to boot up, run the NTFS version of Fdisk and fixMBR

Scapegoat · 06-23-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by OutToWinPAHC

Or not.... I dont have Ubunta, by name alone I dont want it lol.

thats retarded

Vypurr · 06-23-2009, 01:39 PM

It's free. Just try it out!

http://www.geocities.com/thestarman3...tToolsRefs.htm - Here are a ton more resources

06-22-2009, 03:34 PM	#1
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06-22-2009, 09:00 PM	#7
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OutToWinPAHC Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tokelau Member #5081 My Ride: R33 GTS25T, RHD E46, Truck, part R32 GTR iTrader: (2)	yeah somehow I got it installed lol I was in the package program and started clicking away. Now I am installing Itunes

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OutToWinPAHC Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tokelau Member #5081 My Ride: R33 GTS25T, RHD E46, Truck, part R32 GTR iTrader: (2)	I got itunes working, but not the ipod. I dunno I think im gonna rollback to XP.

06-22-2009, 08:41 PM	#6
c0nfl1kt Tri-State Dictator Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Member #10332 My Ride: Family car. iTrader: (1)	Hey, OutToWinPAHC, can you PM me what sort of head unit that is in your car? Thanks.

06-23-2009, 03:57 AM	#12
OutToWinPAHC Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tokelau Member #5081 My Ride: R33 GTS25T, RHD E46, Truck, part R32 GTR iTrader: (2)	Heres the new problems. My harddrive had 3 partitions. One is the recovery partition from HP in fat32, the other was XP NTFS, and the last was the Linux partion. After I tested linux, I decided I didn't like it, so I deleted that partition. So with no linux I boot up and the damn Grub loader still loads. Ok I select XP and that loads. I decided meh what the hell I've been having issue so I reboot again and select the windows NT operating system in the grub loader which is actually the windown recovery tool. It loads, reloads windows, and reboots... nothing. It cant find a valid bootloader thanks to grub. Just a black screen with a cursor. Anyone have a bootable cd with NTFS support? or can they make me a bootable XP recovery CD? I need to get that machine back up for porn use.

06-23-2009, 09:40 AM	#15
c0nfl1kt Tri-State Dictator Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Member #10332 My Ride: Family car. iTrader: (1)	I keep all my data in a slave drive for problems like these. Ubuntu starts up correctly maybe once every twenty attempts. When I was first messing around with it it locked me out plenty of times, so I had to reinstall a clean W7 plenty of times and broke two hard drives.