Uggh, Wasted 4 Hours On Ubuntu Beryl
- February 17th, 2007
- About Me, Unix/Linux
- 12 Comments
Today I tried installing Beryl with Ubuntu Linux and dual boot it with my Windows. My efforts were a waste because I found out the MD5 did not check after I had screwed up the installation. 
So I spent 4 hours restoring my Windows to working order. For some reason, the BIOS did not recognize the hard drive and I had to install a whole new installation and used Norton’s PartitionMagic to restore my Windows installation.
I’m going to purchase a new hard drive [seperate from windows] and try again the next time I come home. Maybe SuSE with Beryl. I leave for Stony Brook tomorrow afternoon. My weekend home was so far, NOT productive!
Happy Chinese New Years! 
[audio:http://litstudies.org/snow.mp3]
February 17th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
I was able to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows on my laptop last month! I was pretty terrified to complete it, but a friend showed me the way, and it didn’t suck too much. It works now, but I have some problems connecting to my wifi network – it usually takes around 5-10 minutes in the terminal.
Anyway, that sucks for you.
Luckily, my laptop came pre-partitioned, so I didn’t have to worry much about that as I didn’t use the second half.
Hopefully it will work on the second hard drive?
February 18th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Yeah, the next time I burn an ISO such as an OS, I will check the MD5 checksums. A successful CD burnt doesn’t mean anything! lol
February 18th, 2007 at 12:14 am
u try 6.10 or 7.04?
Try 6.10 =)))
wbr from russia
February 18th, 2007 at 12:21 am
Well the MD5 checksum failed. And installation stalled at 41%. I downloaded 6.10 Edgy.
February 18th, 2007 at 3:02 am
oh shit i was gonna hate on this post
but you got me with this…
STADIUM ARCADIUM
SNOW[[HEY YO!]]
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
SHIT IS CRACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;P’
February 18th, 2007 at 3:18 am
lol you hate on all my posts!
February 19th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
OH GOD DAMN IT TONY. :’(
You just HAD to post something awesome that I should have.
Now my computer keeps wtfing at me, saying “OH MAN WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR X SERVER! I BLAME BERYL PERSONALLY BUT HEY IT COULD ALSO BE TONY”.
February 19th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
LOL! did you also try to install Beryl?!
I run a SuSE Forums here at forums.suselinuxsupport.de
Check it out for support, I haven’t had much time recently to visit there regularly. HEHE!
February 19th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
I did! After I read this entry, I noticed how awesome it was and decided t o give it a go. That made my computer sad.
I was able to disable it, but I still can’t get it back to the default resolution, no matter how many times I run that freakin’ hardware reconfiguration thing.
February 19th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Did you try sax2?
February 19th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
I haven’t, but I just tried. It’s not pre-installed, and Synaptic doesn’t have much on it. I’ll keep looking, though. Thanks.
February 19th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Some guy on the Ubuntu forums: “Tried to install to kubuntu/edgy no joy it needed swig which I installed but had too many dependancy breakages.”
And I’m using the GNOME version, anyway.