Whoops... Help with Linux?

[callumacrae]

I have just installed Ubuntu after my friend told me that if installed it into a partition, Windows would not change. Unfortunately, Windows is not there any more. I didn't lose anything important, as I back up all my stuff except from my iTunes library. Does anyone know of any iPod synchronising program that works on Linux? I also could do with a program, that works on Linux, that rips the stuff off my iPod, including track names, play count ect.

If you can help, then thanks.

 

[HomerJ]

Here is a post on the Ubuntu forums you will find useful.

Here is the homepage for gtkPod. I think it may be what you are looking for (but I am not sure).

 

[noerrorsfound]

Do you see the GRUB menu when starting up? You might have to watch the screen as it's booting and a message might say "Press ESC for GRUB menu" (not the exact words). If Windows isn't listed there, you probably made a mistake such as installing on your Windows partition instead of a separate one for Ubuntu.

 

[shaunak]

Older versions of ubuntu donot automatically add the chain loader for GRUB...

Two methods from here,

METHOD I
Pop in your windows CD and "repair" installation... windows bootloader will be installed over GRUB fixing the problem ... however you will not be able to take advantage of the more advanced bootloader [grub]

Method II
In linux...
Navigate to /boot/grub/menu.lst [path depends on you Distirio, in general search for menu.lst]
Uncomment:

# For booting Windows NT or Windows95
     title Windows NT / Windows 95 boot menu
     root        (hd0,0)
     makeactive
     chainloader +1
     # For loading DOS if Windows NT is installed
     # chainload /bootsect.dos

Save.
You may need admin privilages for this. [login as root]

 

[callumacrae]

Here is a post on the Ubuntu forums you will find useful.

Here is the homepage for gtkPod. I think it may be what you are looking for (but I am not sure).

Thanks. Problem: Status is:

Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libgpod1

Do you see the GRUB menu when starting up? You might have to watch the screen as it's booting and a message might say "Press ESC for GRUB menu" (not the exact words). If Windows isn't listed there, you probably made a mistake such as installing on your Windows partition instead of a separate one for Ubuntu.

Yes I see it, windows is not there.

 

[HomerJ]

Thanks. Problem: Status is:

Yes I see it, windows is not there.

Don't install it manually, use the package manager. In ubuntu, I beleive it is apt-get. Something like sudo apt-get install gtkpod should do it. If you mean that the package manager failed to resolve the dependency, you could install the library yourself, although its not usually a good idea.

About windows, what does fdisk -l show? You will need root privileges, so do sudo fdisk -l

 

[callumacrae]

??? What is fdisk -l ???

 

[CoolFinalFan]

??? What is fdisk -l ???

I Googled it >http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...oi=revisions_inline&resnum=0&ct=revision&cd=1

 

[HomerJ]

??? What is fdisk -l ???

Sorry, wasn't very clear on that. Open a terminal, then type "sudo fdisk -l" (without the quotes). This is so we can see if the Windows partition still exists. If it does, I can definitely help you be able to access it and use Windows. If it doesn't exist, you're screwed (likely).

 

[callumacrae]

No. Windows is gone. Hooray!

 

[sathyabhat]

No. Windows is gone. Hooray!

You sure? please post the contents of fdisk -l over here

 

[callumacrae]

Here it is:

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40016019456 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf01ef01e

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 3621 4865 10000462+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1 3620 29077618+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 1014 MB, 1014497280 bytes
250 heads, 32 sectors/track, 247 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8000 * 512 = 4096000 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 248 990703+ 4 FAT16 <32M
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(249, 249, 32) logical=(247, 169, 31)