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you shouldn't mess with maths

8 bit = 1 byte
you can't neglect that fact

if you say 1mb = 1000 bytes, it's just wrong

I just read this article about the new Ubuntu that will calculate sizes of files, disks etc. in an other way http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/ubuntu-1004-reads-file-sizes.html#comment-40184635 Is this something that will be kept in the next Mint releases? There is a big controversy about it. It mi...

3 scenarios: 1 you want to install Mint on the same disk as W7: you probably won't have a problem 2 you have W7 installed on your primary disk and wan't to install Mint on a secondary partition: you could have a problem, but things probably will work smoothly 3 you have W7 on your secondary disk and...

the one in the repositories is just a lite version with only java developing stuff if I'm right
if you want extra stuff you have to download the full version form the eclipse website

it doens't apear in your menu because you have to create a launcher yourself (how to do that)

if you boot a live cd you will find very good partitioning software in the System-Administartion menu (gParted

if you don't do it at the life boot you can still do it when installing (at the stage where it asks where you want to install Mint)

with trial and error I figured out that Mint should boot from hd0,5 and not hd1,5 like GRUB told us but I still can't find how to boot Windows results of fdisk -l now are: Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225...

yes, I have a USB with Mint on it for this kind of emergencies

fdisk -l sda doesn't return a result

the 40 GB harddisk should be the master if I remember right

Today I decided to do a complete reinstall of my pc, and installing Windows 7 for the first time I have 2 harddisks: - 40 GB IDE for Linux (but I noticed W7 made a partition on it for some bootstuff or something) - 230 GB SATA for Windows 7 and my media I first installed and tested W7, which ran jus...

I use it in Dual Boot with a XP install, but I keep to keep the XP stuff to a minimum

update: I have no problems accessing my hard disks with a live cd...
when I tried to reinstall grub from that live cd my Mint install worked again

I tried to install a wireless card into my desktop, when I booted my system just seemed to hang, so I cut off the stream and removed the Wcard when I tried to restart it again I got the message that my cmos checksum was invalid, so I chose to reset it to the default values, now I can get back into g...

this site is actually so stupid that it becomes funny :P that guy is admiring IBM as a pure American Company, yet IBM has more people working for them in Asia than in the USA his much loved Microsoft has leeched more from other OS than they did from Microsoft from the comments: Also I suspect that t...

yes, after some experimentation I decided to do my VB.NET coding in Virtual Box, I might give MonoDevelop a shot for C# and ASP because that part looks quite ok

in school I have to learn .net (especially vb.net)

now I like to work as much as possible in Mint, but for these .net lessons I always boot in XP

is there any way to develop .net in Mint as easy as in XP?

it's under the name Shiretoko in your menu, I don't know why but it is

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:2b:ae:8d:38 this shows you the configuration of wlan0, you have an Ethernet configuration, the hardware address (=MAC Address) is 00:24:2b:ae:8d:38 (together with IP this is used to address data to a destination) inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mas...

I did that and switched back to FF 3.0.10 because some pictures where grey, it seems like a bug. Guys wanting to upgrade after reading this topic are warned

the reason that you can't install your drivers is because Mint (and Linux in general) uses a different way of installing than Windows does, so you can't use install-files for Windows and install them on Mint. (There are exceptions for games and other applications, but that won't help you with your d...

thank you, that did the trick