Installation after Windows

Thu Feb 7 19:56:48 UTC 2013

Helloi

I enabled UEFI and now I see the grub loader before installation. I
chose "Start Kubuntu". Before doing that I shrank the one of my ntfs
partitions to create space for Kubuntu (around 25gb). Please see the
screenshot below:

http://s3.postimage.org/yr10wn25t/IMG_20130207_203301.jpg

Windows 7 was already installed on my computer.

Volkan GEZER
volkangezer at gmail.com

2013/2/7 Cody Smith <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>:
> 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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