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1. CrutchyT on January 19, 2009 6:43 pm

   So I installed Wubi/Ubunto 8.10 and long story short, after a modest and confusing amount of tinkering, I lost track of what I had done. I didn’t do anything disastrous, I don’t think, but I just felt like I would better off uninstalling and starting over again from scratch-I’m sure I wouldn’t be the first Linux user to do so.

   So I uninstalled it, but it was still on the start up menu.I forged on with the second install, nevertheless. I got the opening Ubuntu load screen, but then got busybox warnings about usplash, mounting, infa-something or other.

   Thinking the start up menu might be the culprit, I downloaded EasyBCD and removed it the line entry for from the boot up menu. Still no dice. (Windows works fine BTW)

   I then uninstalled a second time, after using CCleaner and Advanced Sytem Care free,Smart Defrag, and tried a third intsallation (which went suspiciously fast compared to the fist two) Still no luck; I got the same busy box warnings.

   So far I’ve uninstalled two versions, and still have the third.

   Is there something else that still needs to be removed before I can properly re-install again?

   Also, I don’t know if the following is important, but:

   I was given the option during the subsequent downloads to replace existing Ubuntu.exe,which I did.

   In EasyBCD, in the “Add/Remove entries” section, there are five categories at the bottom-Windows, Linux, Mac and NeoGrub and WinPE.

   When I click on Linux, I get the following entries under “type”: Grub, LILO/eLILO, FreeBSD, Wubi. Grub is presently selected.

   Below that in the “name” window it says “NeoSmart Linux”

   Underneath is another section, “drive” which says Drive 0, Partition O (HPFS/NTFS-287GB), Partition 1 (HPFS/NTFS 11GB)
   It also says that GRUB isn’t installed in the boot sector. I have no idea what any of that means. No drive is presently selected.

   I’m not only an Ubuntu noob, I’m a noob, period, with only two months serious computer experience.

   Any help would be greatly
   appreciated, The Ubunto forums were of no help, neither was bleepingcomputer.com

   J.D.

2. Al Evangelista on January 20, 2009 8:49 am

   Help??
   I installed Ubuntu 7.04 as a dual boot on my Win Vista box.
   Installation went well, however, when I attempt to configure my wireless network connection (home network) the only choice I have in the network config utility is a modem connection-which I don’t have.
   I am using the book “Ubuntu For Non-Geeks 2nd Edition” by Rickford Grant.
   The book shows 3 choices for networking-one of which is wireless.
   How do I fix this?
   Thank you for any help.

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