Hi Linux lovers!
So I decided to try Ubuntu's latest, version 8.04, after trying the 'live CD'. So far it's impressive, and I think I might end up liking it a lot. However, I've come up against a few things, which I'm having problems resolving. BTW, don't be harsh on me if I miss-use some terms, or if I use the wrong term. But please do correct me...
There was one thing I was able to resolve though, after multiple searches. I had the annoying 'scroll-up' that did a 'back' in Firefox. I resolved this by adding a line in the xorg.conf file (IIRC), but not before looking into how to edit that file since I did not have the proper permission. Problem fixed, although it took me a good half hour.
I followed this guide to install Ubuntu on a second hard drive (and it went quite smoothly), so that I can dual-boot with XP (XP being installed first). It said that it could install on an NTFS partition, I thought this was great since I wanted to use my second drive, but already had lots of data on it that I needed Windows to access. Problem #1: Ubuntu reformatted the drive in xe3 (?). I had moved my data to my external drive first, so no data-loss worries there, but now I cannot move it back because obviously Windows cannot access that Linux partiton. So I thought, well since I want to try to use Ubuntu anyway, lets just move that data back under Linux, that way I will be able to access the data on both the NTFS drive, and the linux drive, when using Linux. Problem #2: when I open my external drive under Ubuntu, it says it cannot mount it, because it is tagged as being 'in use'. It suggests to go in Windows and do the proper 'eject' of the drive - tried that, does not work, XP says drive is in use and to try again later . So OK, it's really not many problems, but it annoys me because it goes against my initial plan, and from what I read, it does not seem very obvious to just remove Ubuntu from there.
What I would actually would like to have, in Ubuntu on an NTFS drive, that should resolve everything. Is there a way I can easily reformat the partition in NTFS and reinstall Ubuntu?
Oh and, how exactly do I 'login as Root'?? (remember, it's basically all new for me). While searching for the scroll wheel problem, I saw that many times, but never explained how to actually do that.
Thanks in advance.