Installation after Windows

Thu Feb 7 18:46:04 UTC 2013

Ah, my bad, and to check for UEFI, you'd simply look in the BIOS for a UEFI
entry and see if it's enabled.

and was Kubuntu already there, or was it Windows?

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Volkan Gezer <volkangezer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Cody,
>
> I am not sure I understood you correctly. This installation was
> already there when I bought this so I did not touch anything. Should I
> do a hard format for it? I checked about UEFI, but not sure...
>
> Volkan GEZER
> volkangezer at gmail.com
>
>
> 2013/2/6 Cody Smith <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>:
> > This r really sounds like what happened to me on a Lenovo IdeaPad U400,
> the
> > issue turned out to be Windows 7 installing as MBR when the U400 is a
> UEFI
> > PC. You might want to check that.
> >
> > --c_smith
> >
> > On Feb 6, 2013 2:18 PM, "Volkan Gezer" <volkangezer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Yes, like I said, I ran the chkdsk under windows, but Kubuntu
> >> installation still cannot see my Windows 7. It shows that it would
> >> create 4 partition by itself and nothing more.
> >>
> >> -Volkan
> >>
> >>
> >> 2013/2/6 Volkan Gezer <volkangezer at gmail.com>:
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 2013/2/6 Tushar Rishabadas <tushar.rishabadas at gmail.com>:
> >> >> If I understand correctly:
> >> >> Host machine runs Windows 7
> >> >> You had a VM running XP and tried to install Kubuntu over it using
> >> >> VirtualBox and it killed the XP install.
> >> >> This is expected.
> >> >
> >> > Yes, this was one of my issues and solved.
> >> >
> >> >> When you install Kubuntu over Win7 with VirtualBox, it won't show you
> >> >> the Windows 7 partition. This is expected.
> >> >> You will only be shown other virtual machines.
> >> >
> >> > No, for Windows 7 i am not using any VM. I wanted to install Kubuntu
> >> > alongside with Windows 7, but like Cody said:
> >> >
> >> >>>It will if you install it directly to your HDD and choose " Install
> >> >>> alongside windows 7" Kubuntu handles that >>nicely, but what you're
> >> >>> describing suggests errors in the partitions, I'd suggest running
> disk check
> >> >>> just in case.
> >> >
> >> > I ran chkdsk utility under Windows 7 and will try again. If everything
> >> > is OK, I will post back.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > My third question is (actually I posted this on kubuntu-users irc
> >> > channel) changing brightness using Fn F2 and F3 and/or Power
> >> > Management gadget in system tray. I used the LiveUSB and everything
> >> > except for brightness change did not work. I checked this thread
> >> >
> >> >
> http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?60349-cannot-control-screen-brightness-with-kubuntu-12-10-beta-2
> >> > , but it did not solve my problem.
> >> >
> >> > I am using Samsung NP300V5A,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> ---
> >> >>
> >> >> Sent from a mobile device. Pl forgive brevity and typos.
> >> >>
> >> >> On 06-Feb-2013, at 20:29, Volkan Gezer <volkangezer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Hello,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thank you for your answer. What about normal installation? It shows
> me
> >> >>> a slider on disk configuration page and shows the other partitions,
> >> >>> too, but not as Windows 7. I am afraid about if it will format the
> >> >>> drive into ext4 without my confirmation. On Windows, currently I
> have
> >> >>> a 640 GB HD and it is splitted into two (as C and D). Just sliding
> the
> >> >>> slider will be enough to let it enable installation side by side? In
> >> >>> other words, will Kubuntu only use the allocated disk space chosen
> by
> >> >>> slider or will it also interfere with other partitions?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> -Volkan
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 2013/2/6 Cody Edwin Smith <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>:
> >> >>>> installing 2 operating systems in one virtual machine is
> impossible,
> >> >>>> can't
> >> >>>> be done. reason being is the virtual machine is tailored for the
> >> >>>> operating
> >> >>>> system you select when you make it.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> c_smith
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:25 AM, Volkan Gezer <
> volkangezer at gmail.com>
> >> >>>> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Hello,
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> 2013/2/6 O. Sinclair :
> >> >>>>> On 05/02/2013 22:39, Volkan Gezer wrote:
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Hello,
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> I wanted to test Kubuntu installation with a Windows installed
> >> >>>>>> VirtualBox, but I noticed that it did not see the Windows XP
> >> >>>>>> installation and even did not get any confirmation to format the
> >> >>>>>> drive! Since it was a virtualbox I completed the installation to
> >> >>>>>> see
> >> >>>>>> if the old windows files would exist, but they did not!
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> My second try was with my laptop and I am using Windows 7 on my
> >> >>>>>> another laptop. I chose install from ubiquity and went to the
> disk
> >> >>>>>> configuration page... Now there was a slider to adjust the disk
> >> >>>>>> usage
> >> >>>>>> by Kubuntu, but it did not show the name of Windows 7 and even I
> >> >>>>>> had
> >> >>>>>> another operating system.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> If the disk is completely formatted by Windows, wouldnt ubiquity
> >> >>>>>> show
> >> >>>>>> any options to install side by side? I think this is very hard
> for
> >> >>>>>> new
> >> >>>>>> users to understand and very easy to lose their data.
> >> >>>>> If I understand you correct you want to install Kubuntu on a
> >> >>>>> WindowsPC
> >> >>>>> using
> >> >>>>> Virtualbox? In that case the virtualbox installation will be
> totally
> >> >>>>> unaware
> >> >>>>> of the environment it is installed in and no existing windows will
> >> >>>>> show up
> >> >>>>> during installation.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Thank you for your mail.
> >> >>>> No, I installed Windows XP on VirtualBox, then also wanted to
> install
> >> >>>> Kubuntu into the same VirtualBox to see if Kubuntu installation
> would
> >> >>>> see XP and let me adjust the settings.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> -Volkan
> >> >>>>
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