Hi,
being a complete linux beginner, I am trying to install a dual boot winXP / Kubuntu 8.10 on a brand new Zepto Nox A14. As this laptop is new, sold without OS and supposed to be good, the topic might interest some people.
config: Zepto Nox A14 / 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) / NVIDIA® Geforce 9600M GT 512MB / Intel® Core™ 2 Duo-processor P7350 / 4096MB DDR2 800MHz PC6400 / 250GB SATA harddisk / DVD-RW/CD-RW SATA / Zepto Zpro2 Wireless 300Mbit / Built-in Bluetooth® 2.0 EDR / Built-in webcam 2.0 megapixel / Built-in digital microphone / 9 cell battery
Zepto advertise they tried the nox a14 with Ubuntu 8.04, and here http://www.primekey.se/~tomas/zeptonoxa15.html, they say everything is working perfectly after install.
This is not the case for me ! I did read quite a lot before starting and I thought it would be much easier, but I keep having some problems !!
I started first with Kubuntu 8.10 (AMD64) alone, but wasn't able to get the wireless running. As I wanted internet quickly, I deleted Kubuntu and started to install win XP (apparently it is better to start with XP first) on a 18Gb partition (there is a little manipulation to do first before installing XP http://uk.zepto.com/Information/Defa...ormationid=736, otherwise you get a bluescreen), then I formatted a 190Gb NTFS partition (storage), in order to keep the remaining 30Gb for Kubuntu.
Before installing Kubuntu, XP was working fine (NB: the only thing not working perfectly under XP was USB, having problems from time to time), then after Kubuntu, XP would not boot anymore. As I wanted to keep XP (to be able to actually do things). So I tried running FIXMBR under Windows recovery console, but then (of course), GRUB was not loading and windows bootloader not showing Linux. And anyway, that didn't fix windows ...
At the first try, with Kubuntu alone, MP3 were not playing because of a problem with ..xine-ffmepg (or close to), Videos & Wifi neither. And also something with Nvidia proprietary drivers being not used (I think they are available somewhere). I tried to remove network card 8169 to install 8168, but that didn't solve the wifi, and I also tried a guide given by Zepto, but that didn't helped neither.
So I am starting from scratch, but to do it right this time, here are my questions :
- is it ok to partition in this order XP then storage then Linux, or should Linux come just after XP. Are the sizes I used ok ?
- does it happen that after installing Kubuntu, XP is not working anymore ? is that a common problem ?
- is there anything with GPT protection ? I read somewhere that Zepto HDD are GPT protected and in order to install on them, they should not. But in fact I manage to run both XP and Kubuntu, so this is not an issue. Is there a way to check this in the BIOS ? (I searched but didn't find).
- how do you install additional package under linux after installation WITHOUT a working Internet connection ? do you insert the CD or run from CD or just install from the terminal ?
I know this is a lot of questions ... I read and tried from many topics but so far I can't get the dual boot working.
being a complete linux beginner, I am trying to install a dual boot winXP / Kubuntu 8.10 on a brand new Zepto Nox A14. As this laptop is new, sold without OS and supposed to be good, the topic might interest some people.
config: Zepto Nox A14 / 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) / NVIDIA® Geforce 9600M GT 512MB / Intel® Core™ 2 Duo-processor P7350 / 4096MB DDR2 800MHz PC6400 / 250GB SATA harddisk / DVD-RW/CD-RW SATA / Zepto Zpro2 Wireless 300Mbit / Built-in Bluetooth® 2.0 EDR / Built-in webcam 2.0 megapixel / Built-in digital microphone / 9 cell battery
Zepto advertise they tried the nox a14 with Ubuntu 8.04, and here http://www.primekey.se/~tomas/zeptonoxa15.html, they say everything is working perfectly after install.
This is not the case for me ! I did read quite a lot before starting and I thought it would be much easier, but I keep having some problems !!
I started first with Kubuntu 8.10 (AMD64) alone, but wasn't able to get the wireless running. As I wanted internet quickly, I deleted Kubuntu and started to install win XP (apparently it is better to start with XP first) on a 18Gb partition (there is a little manipulation to do first before installing XP http://uk.zepto.com/Information/Defa...ormationid=736, otherwise you get a bluescreen), then I formatted a 190Gb NTFS partition (storage), in order to keep the remaining 30Gb for Kubuntu.
Before installing Kubuntu, XP was working fine (NB: the only thing not working perfectly under XP was USB, having problems from time to time), then after Kubuntu, XP would not boot anymore. As I wanted to keep XP (to be able to actually do things). So I tried running FIXMBR under Windows recovery console, but then (of course), GRUB was not loading and windows bootloader not showing Linux. And anyway, that didn't fix windows ...
At the first try, with Kubuntu alone, MP3 were not playing because of a problem with ..xine-ffmepg (or close to), Videos & Wifi neither. And also something with Nvidia proprietary drivers being not used (I think they are available somewhere). I tried to remove network card 8169 to install 8168, but that didn't solve the wifi, and I also tried a guide given by Zepto, but that didn't helped neither.
So I am starting from scratch, but to do it right this time, here are my questions :
- is it ok to partition in this order XP then storage then Linux, or should Linux come just after XP. Are the sizes I used ok ?
- does it happen that after installing Kubuntu, XP is not working anymore ? is that a common problem ?
- is there anything with GPT protection ? I read somewhere that Zepto HDD are GPT protected and in order to install on them, they should not. But in fact I manage to run both XP and Kubuntu, so this is not an issue. Is there a way to check this in the BIOS ? (I searched but didn't find).
- how do you install additional package under linux after installation WITHOUT a working Internet connection ? do you insert the CD or run from CD or just install from the terminal ?
I know this is a lot of questions ... I read and tried from many topics but so far I can't get the dual boot working.
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