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• R W

  

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  June 23, 2012 6:36:23 PM PDT

  On R5 live cd.

   

  Intel core2 duo Q6600 2.40 Ghz

  2 sata hd (non-raid)

  4G ram

  ATI radeon HD5670

  wireless usb mouse

  hardwire ps2 keys

  hardwire internet

  1. When I was on ubuntu 12 live cd I had to find "sound" (using search) and pick "analog" to make my speakers work.  Can't find out where that is in this distro.  The Youtube vids play, just no sound.  
  2. For instructions on things I need to look up under ubuntu wiki under the Oneric version only??
  3. My hd is already swiped by gparted. Dos tables on drive a, Bsd tables on drive b (have no idea why I did that, if both should be bsd let me know...I don't want any windows unless it ends up in a VM box in the FAR distant future)   ....developed a severe dislike for Vista and tired of donating to the well being of MS.  So what I need to know is... can I make a spot in the middle of drive A for this distro with a boot, home+more, temp and swap sections.....  and then later add a larger distro in a primary with it's separate boot at the front.  Can I get away with that, or will loading this one up first in a logic mess up this idea?
  4. Thanks!

   

• Douglas Willett

  

  • 70 posts
   

  June 23, 2012 8:36:03 PM PDT

  Apparently you have a good sized hard drive? I would just partition the hard drive into 2 parts, one for each operating system. When you install the first operating system just use a piece, whatever size you think you need, of the total hard drive. The installer should have all the tools (probably gparted) to do the partition. Don't worry about the unused part. You can format it after the install. Choose the MBR for the boot. The only time booting can be a real problem is when one of the systems is windows. I don't remember what is on the Watt installation disk for sound control. With any LXDE system, I have always had to install pavucontrol after the install to get a control. Mate-media also works. Here is a general beginners guide for LXDE systems and Linux: http://lxlinux.com

  
  This post was edited by Douglas Willett at August 9, 2012 11:16:02 PM PDT
• R W

  

  • 2 posts
   

  June 23, 2012 9:56:37 PM PDT

  Thank you!