kenny@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid


kenny@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for kenny:

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4e1ce926

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1306 10485760 27 Unknown
/dev/sda2 * 1306 20110 151041024 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 20110 38451 147324928 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 38451 38914 3717120 12 Compaq diagnostics
kenny@ubuntu:~$


Here it is and I thank you again.

See Kenny. I can now see that you are running Wubi Ubuntu 8.10 by the readouts you posted. So the right manual you need is

Ubuntu:Intrepid -

@Roky: Yeah I remember the Wubi installer you introduced to me which I used in the past. I was very surprised to find this option in the ISO I downloaded off Ubuntu's site, but it made my life a lot easier anyway.

p.s. My Dell Vostro is now running Ubuntu 9.10 hehe. Looks like I'll be bugging you again come January.

@Kenny: Glad to know that things worked. Keep us posted on your Ubuntu experiences, as I'm new to it as well haha.

kenny@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for kenny:

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4e1ce926

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1306 10485760 27 Unknown
/dev/sda2 * 1306 20110 151041024 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 20110 38451 147324928 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 38451 38914 3717120 12 Compaq diagnostics
kenny@ubuntu:~$

well I just updated. and I got no sound. any suggestions **edit** sound works (but not very loud)

thanx

Look for Mixer by either right clicking speaker icon or look for sound mixer in menus. If you use the User Manual I gave you for 8.10 in my previous posts. You will learn how to turn up the volume. Some things are muted because Ubuntu has to be compatible with all kinds of computer hardware. So as not to blow your speakers. When in Mixer look for PCM and Speaker Volume Slider besides the Master slider.

Edit: when you update sometimes, certain settings needto be reset because the updater updates configurations like OSS and ALSA.

hello again

I upgraded again this morning. (last time) and so far everything seems to be perfect.

is it possible to use marcum reflect (something like that) in ubuntu.

I use it in windows, to make a mirror image of os. (for back up)

thanks again rocky & Kaistar for all the info & links.

heres my new specs.

kenny@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic
kenny@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for kenny:

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4e1ce926

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1306 10485760 27 Unknown
/dev/sda2 * 1306 20110 151041024 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 20110 38451 147324928 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 38451 38914 3717120 12 Compaq diagnostics
kenny@ubuntu:~$

Edited out previous comments and links.


I forgot you are running a Wubi install and not a full install on a Seperate Partition. So disregard everything I said above because your Ubuntu install is just a folder inside of Windows Programs Menu. I do not know Wyubi well enough to tell you how you can back up Ubuntu other than to GUESS that since Ubuntu has a folder. You can copy and Paste that folder to a backup drive and if you break your Wubi install. You can copy and Paste that folder you backed up into Windows after Deleting old Ubuntu Folder. Remember. I am just guessing at this.