I got my new Dell vostro 1520 laptop preloaded with windows 7. I wanted to install linux (kubuntu 9.0.4) alongwith LAMP and it was a pretty smooth ride.
Installing kubuntu 9.0.4
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Just follow the instructions in
http://www.thpc.info/dual/win7/dualboot_win7+ubuntu_bcd_on_win7.html
Everything worked as it said but looks like windows7 boot loader got overwritten by grub. On a restart of the machine, grub comes up and it shows all the options including kubuntu&windows7. So, nothing is lost and everything is working fine
Extending partition
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Then I had realized that I had set the partition size of the linux ext3 fs to a very small size. I had a lot of free space just next to this partition (/dev/sda5). Did the following to extend the partition
-- Booted using the livecd, choose the install option, "edited" the partition to include the free size (remember to check ext3 as FS and UNCHECK FORMAT option). It worked great and now I have larger partition for linux.
Then booted the OS using livecd and checked that the ext3fs also got extended. Also, all the data was in tact
Other software
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Installed firefox (ofcourse.. who wants to use knoqueror)
Installing flash plugin. Had some issues on this due to dependency, had to purge some packages and reinstall (dont remember the link)
install LAMP: This was pretty straightforward and worked in one shot
Sound Issue
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After a reboot, the sound stopped working. After lots of wasted google searches and reading blogs, it turned out to be a very stupid issue
open kmixer, set the PCM also to high.
Installing MS like fonts
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I somehow like the Microsoft fonts.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=208396
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
sudo tar xvjpf fontconfig.tbz -C /etc/fonts/
Keyboard/mouse not working
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I am facing a strange issue, wherein, once in a wihle after reboot, kubuntu's keyboard and mouse dont work. Current workaround seems to be to restart it few times and it works after that.
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