Tag Archives: grub

Grub2 package for Slackware 13.0 (and older versions)

For those that chose ext4 as default file-system type for their boot partition, and are having problems booting their Slackware 13.0 distribution, I built a .tgz package containing the latest Grub 2 release (currently 1.97-beta4). It also contains a default grub.cfg file. Please download the file here: grub-1.97~beta4-i486-1.tgz for Slackware 13.0 It should also work

Testing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) beta on a Macbook (updated!)

It’s a very long time since I abandoned Ubuntu, 1 year and 9 months being precise, although I continued to use Ubuntu derived distros. I decided today to give Ubuntu 8.10 beta a try. Obviously, every time I decide to try a Gnu/Linux distribution it happens that a new release comes out: I downloaded Alpha

Installare OpenGEU su Macbook

Ho appena pubblicato sul Wiki italiano di OpenGeu una guida su come installare OpenGEU su un Macbook. Estratto dall’introduzione: Questa guida vi aiuterà ad installare OpenGEU e qualsiasi altra distribuzione basata su Ubuntu sul vostro Macbook / Macbook Pro. La stessa Ubuntu è installabile seguendo questa guida. L’how-to è mirato a come partizionare l’hard disk

How to install OpenGEU on Macbook

Introduction This guide will help you to install OpenGEU and every other Ubuntu based linux distribution on your Macbook (either “normal” or pro). Even Ubuntu will work with this how-to. The tutorial is aimed on how to succesfully partition the hard disk and to correctly boot the distribution. For a better post-install configuration I suggest