Using Windows With Sun VirtualBox

Now Im not idle anymore, I was assigned in new project, but this project require me develop in windows environment, so I must install windows on my inspiron, first in my thought, there are two alternatives: install windows inside my Ubuntu, or dual booting. I already ask id-ubuntu mailist, here's my post link for this problem.

In case Robbie, an office mate, already face the same problem before, and he choose the first way (install windows inside ubuntu) so I did the same thing. I need two installer:
- virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885_Ubuntu_hardy_i386.deb
- XP installer (I have the SATA bundled one, in case inspiron harddisk is SATA).

I just double clicked the virtaulbox installer, because it's .deb filetipes so I didnot need run it from terminal. Actually there already newest version of virtualBox, but then I must download it first, so I just used that I already have. And there will be some usual install question such as how much memory and disk space that I spend for virtualBox, I give 200 MB memory and 10 GB of disk space. And also give the virtualBox a name. I give it "loswom" same as my project, and if I read that name again I said to myself: "what a name is that :D".

There will be one added item in the virtualBox explorer: "loswom". Then try to start it and it will be error because we still don't have the windows, we need to install it first (As seen in the picture, there's a picture in blogspot, I hope also seen in facebook). The explorer is in the left of the window, such as folder explorer, and the Start button and Setting button is on the top of that explorer.

I already have the .iso installer from my other friend, If you ever read my previous post when I first install ubuntu for this inspiron, I already copy the xp SATA bundled installer on my hard drive, So click Setting button left side of Start button, and find some option for install windows and locate the installer in the appropriate place, and restart again and the system will install windows as autobooting.

Install windows as usual, and we already have our windows, it is so easy far from my fear as I ask to id-Ubuntu mailist before.

Importing Blog for Facebook Note

I recently new that we can show our posts from blog into notes application in facebook. So I donot need to copy my note into my blog. This post is for testing how my facebook looks after I create new post.

But I should tell you about something, I don't want to post just for trying that facility only. But to be honest it's very hard for me to write something, writing is a hard job, sometimes suddenly we get idea but and then we loose it or even when we write something we then blank, and loosing words, and it happen to me often.

Anyway now Im listening marz music again and again, I do it in here in office, I do it again at home, again and again, but sometimes I change it into murottil mp3 or mp3 of someone read quran without tartil when I feel miss my home or feel very religious atmosphere.

I love the lyrics of jason mraz songs. "Please Don't Tell Her", "The Remedy", "Im yours", "Geek in the Pink", or "Clockwatching", or some other lyrics. I think he write his songs by himself, in case it shows his conditions. he is still single like my, old as single like me, he was born in 1979 or 1977 I forget the detail, I think he is introvert just like me, he is not quite confidence for doing relationship just in lyrics in above songs, he said that "she is taller than I am", and he said that he is a geek just like as the title.

Cleaning Windows From Ubuntu

When Im installing ubuntu, I only doing "next - next" way, I forgot the detail, I just choosing that I think is the safest option. And the result is I succeed installing, I already had my ubuntu, but one that for me is minus thing that there are windows still in my notebook. When I starting open my notebook there still option for XP or even Vista booting. In fact I already donot want to use windows anymore, so I want to clean them from my notebook

I joined the id-ubuntu forum as suggested by yanu, I post them about my problems, I want to remove the windows things without re-installing again, because Im affraid if I fail to install it all over again. And one of the reply is I try to.
- install Gparted, is just as partition magic
just System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager, and search : "gparted", and then click apply, or I think we can doing the same thing from Application ->Add/Remove, and search: "gparted", and click it and install it.
- If the install is done, it placed in System-> Administration -> Partition Editor, gparted is for Gnome Parted :d
- so I run the program, it just as the partition magic, the above boxes shows the partition of our storage, firstly I donot know which boxes I must change, thanks for yanu for helping me again.
- My harddisk (also when using windows), is only have two partitions, drive C and D, In Ubuntu, it read as /media/disk (C), and /media/data (D), I think because when in windows, the name of the directory is C:disk and D:Data. I forgot the exact.
- So my job is choosing the /media/disk and right click and change the file system from NTFS into Fat32 or the linux type, sorry I forgot the name, and gparted is cannot open right now
- And then in the /boot/grub/menu.lst,I commented the lines that execute windows booting, here is the complete code:
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
#title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
#root (hd0,1)
#savedefault
#makeactive
#chainloader +1
- restart it and there will be no more windows booting option. and the /media/disk is now clean and I get more spaces

Using Ubuntu on my Inspiron

Have I told you that I already bought inspiron 1520 from kaskus? itś risky business rather than buy at real store in ratu plaza or mangga dua for example, especially the seller is in Jogja, he has friends in Japan, and buy notebooks from it and reseller again through kaskus. I encourage myself to buy from him in case I already learn the thread over and over and most of the buyer is satisfied with him and his notebooks. He said that notebooks for japan market is different for the south east market although both of them were China made, but has different in quality, he said that Japanese Dell is better.

In the last November I bought it, I transfered some money first and then he send me the notebook. It is Dell Inspiron 1520, intel centrino, 2 GB of memory, 250 GB of harddisk capacity, Nvidia Geforce 8600, or some other details that I forget. And its vista bundled, there already vista installed. It came with some of installer dvds and some japanese written books, so do the box, itś written in japanese.

Unfortunately it was so annoying when using vista in this notebook, sometimes suddenly it blank screen, and then thereś message such as "nvidia is operating again", or sometimes it restart or even dump memory suddenly. I browse the net, in fact there are many people facing the same problems, vista is real a fail product from microsoft.

So I downgrade installing xp, I already have the xp installer, its the piracy one. I try to install it, unfortunately again in the middle of installation it fails with the message "cannot detect the harddisk". And then nail told me that it caused by the installer is cannot the Sata harddisk, it should set in the bios or using the xp installer with Sata bundled. He said that his room neighbour has the Sata bundled installer, so I went to his place and install it. It's all fine and succeed, after that installation, I install the drivers, everything is succeed unless the audio driver. I already download so many drivers mainly from dell.support.com but no one works. So my notebook is "tung" or "dong" only.

By Yanu suggestion and help of him, I install ubuntu, it's the hary heron. And it's work magically. and then yanu is editing the /etc/apt/sources.list, it replace the repository into the nearest from me, here is the full list of the file:

deb http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu hardy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu hardy-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

so every time I run a program and it's not installed yet, I just apt-get or go to System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager, and I search the program I need. And if the internet connection is okay I will get my program installed.

AFAIR, the fist I check is the music, is there is already sound in my notebook or not. It just double clicked the music file, and there will an error message that need to instal codec or something. I just clicked the yes button to install the necessary program and everything is going fine right now. And I can hear my leona and mraz music again. thanks Yanu, thanks ubuntu ^_^.