No Way Know How

Tried to install elemerntary os freya beta on sda1 (where luna was previously). This failed and apparently too the MBR and grub2 with it. Tried to fix with grml usb, but that made loud noises and I couldn't reinstall grub2 or do anything once chrooted into mint ("could not resolve host grml", "sudo: grub2-install command not found" it whinged). Fixed it by following article in Linux Voice. Booted up ubuntu live CD (which took forever), then: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair (LV had this down as Boot Repair, so had to fiddle that right!) sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair run boot-repair , then just click the recommended action button to let it fix the bootloader. reference url it gave me: http://paste.ubuntu.com/ 9710851/ Phew. Now I need to look at using sda1 and its 200 gigs for something constructive.

So I got #! up and running with Steam, Citrix Receiver, Dropbox, Skype etc. all the things I needed. Got Handbrake to backup my DVDs to hard drive - and it works. Got them playing through OpenElec on the Raspberry Pi (Anynet+ CEC isn't working, but there's a new HDMI cable in the post that'll sort that I'm sure). Twiddles thumbs. Maybe it's time to have a stab at Arch, eh? * Set up new logical volumes on the existing volume group from #! using sudo system-config-lvm (feel slightly bad about using the GUI) * Write ISO to USB, install using the beginner's guide . * Make sure to add the right hooks for LVM * Struggle slightly with understanding how to add new OS to GRUB, but sort it out reasonably quickly * Boot Arch, install X.org, install xfce. huh. not so scary. almost... disappointingly straightforward. Obviously I'm realising I have a slightly unhealthy addiction here.