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&q...=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!