Get me back my distro safe…..GRUB re-installation

There are many cases where you lose the grub and you cannot get back in to you world..
just like windows reinstallation… partitioning the HDD.. etc .

here is a very simple way to reach you world easily.

* pop in the ubuntu live cd

* mount ur linux partition
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda8 /mnt
considering that sda8 is the partition where linux is installed

* install grub

grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda

* restart the computer and you will see the Grub back

sda is basically for sata drives..

for older drives it should be hda, hdb etc.. and for special devices it should be sdb i guess..

thanks to Jain johny for the clue.

The Cube

Vista had introduced a 3D desktop environment called Aero last year just a flip of windows…
You need newer gfx card with shader model 2 and a video memory of 128mb for that stuff to work..

But long ago before vista was in scene

Airtel GPRS on LINUX with Nokia Phone

If you have an Airtel connection and GPRS activated(mobile office) and you want to connect to the net just do these steps to connect to the net… (Thanks to max_knr for helping me with this)

1. Install wvdial.
2. Open terminal and type wvdialconf. This searches for the modem and writes a config file to the /etc/wvdial.conf.
3. fire up kate /etc/wvdial.conf and paste the following code replacing the orginal code.

Getting Started

First when you hear the word Linux you think Windows.
this means you are a slave or just a passenger.
Linux is a world rather than an OS.
It is a way of living rather than computing environment.
It is the place where you control things.

Windows give you things but….. you should understand you are a slave..
Eat what you get.. do what you are told to… piss when you are told to piss… sleep when you are told to sleep…

Windows Sucks