Uninstalling Ubuntu

[Karl Larsen]

Jeffrey Tooker wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Karl Larsen
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 5:03 AM
> To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
> Subject: Re: Uninstalling Ubuntu
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> Jeffrey Tooker wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Keith Clark
>> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:43 PM
>> To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
>> Subject: Re: Uninstalling Ubuntu
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>>>> I am trying to uninstall Ubuntu from my computer.  Ubuntu is loaded on a
>>>> seperate disk, not in a partition.  I have tried using the Ubuntu
>>>> installation disk to load the new Ubuntu over the old.  My Dell (PIII)
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>> To all:
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>> I got 7.10 loaded from disk. Mine worked the one from the book would not
>> boot up.  Got into the Bios.  The boot instructions on the disk and
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> another
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>> set of instructions I found online did not work for getting into Bios on
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> my
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>> Dell.  The key for Dell seems to be F2.  Also one needs to hold F2 down
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> from
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>> the time the machine is powered up.  The machine then goes into Bios
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> before
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>> the the indications that are supposed to show up, (they never do).  I
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> messed
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>> up the install by impatience and had to restart a couple of times. 10.7
>> seems to work pretty well now.  I will keep at it.  Thanks to all for your
>> help and patience.
>>
>> Jeffrey Tooker 
>> Paynes Creek Ca.
>>
>> 	Glad you figured out your BIOS. They can be real tricky some times
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> and I have not had a Dell. So then the LiveCD worked and you have Ubuntu
> installed on the second hard drive and it works. 
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>     Now you can relax because after a bunch of updates you will be up to 
> date and using Linux.
>
> Karl>>>
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> Karl:
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> I downloaded them last night.  There were 209 updates.  It took a while.
> While downloading I came to the understanding that the CD was the basic load
> to get the system going, then the updates brought the system up to speed.  I
> am begining to understand the way in which Ubuntu is set up.  It will take a
> while.
>
> Jeffrey Tooker 
> Paynes Creek Ca.
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    Hi Jeffrey, it will take months but while you do things you will 
learn WHY your desire to use Linux is a good one. I learned years ago 
that Windows was going toward being only available on a computer you buy 
with it on it. But the main thing is Microsoft no longer writes a book 
on Windows XP that you want to afford.

    The Windows XP book sells for $125.00 and it's good. But it requires 
you to read it and get experiance and then, a new version comes out that 
is Vista and it is nothing like Xp. New Book. Linux you have a book that 
will be good for years. You have a list like this where you can get help.

    So enjoy your ride and it will get better and better as the updates 
arrive. And you will want to d/l using apt-get install so special stuff. 
I wanted to work on some Fortran programs I wrote years ago. But no 
Fortran on my computer. I asked here and a guy told me what to install 
and now I have it and it works great!

Karl


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