Installation after Windows

Thu Feb 7 17:58:44 UTC 2013

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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