I hate Linux.

[Overdriven]

Ello all.

So, I've been away a few days. My HDD fried, and my motherboard fried (Lucky I had all my important files backed up) just after I moved into the hall of Uni. So, I'm now sitting here using Ubuntu's 8.04 CD (Running off disk) to talk to you all.

Got some new kit (not great) and a SATA drive (which, has somehow formatted itself and Ubuntu doesn't want to see it. Though, it does give me a /dev/scd0 when I go through terminal)

Anyway, to my point..

ANYONE here know how to format a NEW drive using Ubuntu? So I can actually get it to come up and install the OS to it, instead of running it from disk? I don't want to go and buy an OS, since I'll be getting a free student one in like.. 2 weeks. (Also, please be kind.. I've been using it off disk for about 10 hours and my head is killing me)

Cheers.

 

[Yaka]

erm?


you should get a option when you run the live cd if you wana install or boot from disc among other things

after that the overall setup is not that different to windows

 

[Overdriven]

Haha, Yaka, if it only were that easy.. Lemme explain (I solved my issue btw, sneaky way, but solved it)

My SATA drive wasn't being detected by Linux, I've had 2-3 guys on my floor trying to solve it in many ways (including attempting it over CLI) and it didn't work. So I used my windows OS expertise (cough) and remembered MS offering a 180 Server 03 trial.

So, downloaded on friends machine, burnt, installed, testing out everything.. PLUS, I just made a call, and I'm going to have XP SP2 coming in the next hour (a DELL XPSP2 CD that's never been used ;D) so I'll have my machine back to XP ness in a while.

Now only thing I've got to work out is what tools I'm missing so I can put them on external HDD.

(New spec: Dual 2.4, 2gb RAM, 1.3-4TB storage, 8500GT and 8200 and OSs that have ranged from Ubuntu to Serv03 to XP Vista Ultimate 64x and going back to XP Pro)