[Discuss] Kubuntu install

[Arthur Ralfs]

Murray,

Why don't you reinstall Kubuntu and this time let it do what it
wants?

Arthur Ralfs

Murray Strome wrote:
> I decided to try to install Kubuntu on my primary Windows XP
> computer.  I wanted to make sure that I did not mess up the Windows
> MBR so (using AMD 64 Alternate version), when it got to the section
> where it wanted to install GRUB on the MBR, I said, "no" and installed
> it on a floppy instead.  I then thought that if I removed the floppy,
> it would just boot to Windows -- but no chance!!!
>
> I tried to use the Windows XP CD in the Recovery mode, and I was going
> to try to FIXBOOT or FIXMBR, but both gave warnings about the
> likelihood of loosing all my partitions.  Probably, this is because
> when  installing Kubuntu, I had it resize my C drive partition and
> used the resulting free space for LINUX.  I can boot to Windows using
> the floppy.
>
> Second problem: in Kubuntu, when I try to go to the system settings
> and look at the hard drives, it says it cannot do so because "Disks &
> Filesystems module is missing". I tried to find this module (whatever
> it is) using Adept, but since I really don't know what it is called, I
> could not find it.
>
>
> Third problem: After rebooting several times, I ended up with a screen
> size of 800X600 which I could not increase. I guess my drivers must
> have disappeared.
>
> I would not mind getting rid of Kubuntu for now (install later on a
> different drive), but how can I best do this without having to go
> through a tremendous hassle getting Window to work again on that
> computer?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Murray
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