Re: [libreoffice-users] need help off list on a Asus Win10/Ubuntu laptop

Il 14/08/2017 06:16, Tim-L--Elmira-NY ha scritto:
> I am just MAD at my ASUS X751S laptop.
>
> Windows updated itself to a newer version of Windows 10.  That, again, 
> dumped the GRUB system to be able to boot to Ubuntu-MATE 16.04LTS.  I 
> have been trying to get it working for over 14 hours.

Suggestion
Virtualize windows and solve your problem :)


> First, from past experiences, It took awhile to get it to boot again 
> from the DVD drive. Then I use a Live CD to partition the 1.0 TB 
> drive.  Currently it is trying my next try.
>
> Windows did not like having 1 TB as a single drive.  Then I made a 
> small FAT32 partition before a 250GB Windows partition. Windows 
> finally installed.
>
> Next I had to work with the remaining space into 3 partitions, 
> creating the following - "/", "/home", and Swap.  "/" was set to about 
> 40 GB which I hope is enough.  "/swap" is about 2 GB at the end of the 
> drive.  The rest, about 740 GB is now set for "/home". This is the 
> first time I figured out how to make the "/" OS system and the "/home" 
> in different partitions.
>
> I do not know how many times the system would only boot to Win10. I 
> did not lose much data as the last time.  Most of the files were 
> copied to the 6TB "storage" desktop.
>
> SO
>
> I would like help trying to stop this issue now.  Since I do not have 
> the same problem[s] with my Gateway NE56R12u, I think it might be the 
> ASUS laptop or the fact it has a 1 TB drive instead of 500 GB on this 
> Gateway - which I am typing from the Ubuntu partition.
>
> Anyone who can help, you can use either this 
> webmaster@krackedpress.com address or timothy.lungstrom@gmail.com 
> email address.
>
> ---
>
> well, it is past midnight and I have still an hour or two to get both 
> Windows 10 and Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS set up enough that I can transfer 
> the files/data to the partitions.  Right now, Windows 10 is running 
> and I added only the printers and Firefox browser to it.  Ubuntu is 
> installing the basic packages I need to run, but I will wait till I 
> get some sleep to install the printers and the large list of packages 
> including a much newer version of LibreOffice.


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