Tether from win7 laptop to Ubuntu Desktop

[TizzleFizzle]

first thing first - started using Linux for the first time yesterday (LONG time windows person) and I'm enjoying it very well, so if I do manage to get any help can it be in noob-language? and when i say that I mean absolutely dumbed down as mch as possible.

I just now figured out how to get terminal open

now my current internet situation is very weird, my only choice at the moment is to connect my windows 7 laptop to my 10.04 Ubuntu desktop via ethernet cord. Before when i had both win7 on both machines it worked out perfectly with ICS and had no problems, but now with linux it doesnt work at all

any help would be MUCH appreciated

and I apologize for the horrible writing, its 4 am here and i cant sleep with this linux not working!!

[dancingdog777]

Many people on many forums are saying that 10.04 is a 'dog's dinner' with many things not working. There is a whole heap of complaints and comments about it's weirdness on the computeractive website.

I cannot recommend anyone to use 10.04 and I will not be installing it myself, preferring the stability of 9.10

[D-cat]

While there are a few changes to 10.04 that have been reeking havoc for things like compiling your own video drivers, I'm not seeing network stability as a major issue. If you're not having a problem with video, then I'd stick with 10.04 just for the fact that it's a LTS release.

With Window AND Linux, when you're using ICS to connect to the Internet, you have to manually define the network connection. The Windows "Server" (the machine with the modem) supplies a setup script for the Windows client(s), so the user is not majorly inconvenienced in this step. It does not provide a script for Linux, so this must be done by hand.

You need to find out what IP the Windows machine set itself up for on its ethernet port. This will give us an idea what you need to set the Linux addresses to in order to route the Internet requests through the Windows computer. In Ubuntu, these adjustments will be made in System -> Preferences -> Network Connections. If you have your old Windows client settings (bonus if you're dual booting), you'll want to mimic those Windows settings in Ubuntu.

[TizzleFizzle]

While there are a few changes to 10.04 that have been reeking havoc for things like compiling your own video drivers, I'm not seeing network stability as a major issue. If you're not having a problem with video, then I'd stick with 10.04 just for the fact that it's a LTS release.

With Window AND Linux, when you're using ICS to connect to the Internet, you have to manually define the network connection. The Windows "Server" (the machine with the modem) supplies a setup script for the Windows client(s), so the user is not majorly inconvenienced in this step. It does not provide a script for Linux, so this must be done by hand.

You need to find out what IP the Windows machine set itself up for on its ethernet port. This will give us an idea what you need to set the Linux addresses to in order to route the Internet requests through the Windows computer. In Ubuntu, these adjustments will be made in System -> Preferences -> Network Connections. If you have your old Windows client settings (bonus if you're dual booting), you'll want to mimic those Windows settings in Ubuntu.

wow that sounds like it'll actually work, but....

I decided earlier that I'd listen to the other guy and downgrade (reinstalling completely) and I guess i partitioned it wrong so now when i attempt to boot up it says 'NTLDR is missing', so nw I'm making a boot flash drive to repartition

[D-cat]

Nice. I wonder if the reinstall didn't overwrite the existing Linux partition (which you have to tell it to do, but is the right thing), but rather made a new one and toasted the Win7 hidden boot partition? Anyway, have a look at this:
NTLDR is missing Press Ctl+Alt+Del to restart in Windows 7 premium addition

After that's done, it may nuke GRUB, in which case you will not get the menu to boot into Linux. This is okay, Ubunti is still there. We'll cross that bridge later. Fix your NTLDR problem first. Let us know when you're ready.

[TizzleFizzle]

Nice. I wonder if the reinstall didn't overwrite the existing Linux partition (which you have to tell it to do, but is the right thing), but rather made a new one and toasted the Win7 hidden boot partition? Anyway, have a look at this:

After that's done, it may nuke GRUB, in which case you will not get the menu to boot into Linux. This is okay, Ubunti is still there. We'll cross that bridge later. Fix your NTLDR problem first. Let us know when you're ready.

I have to admit, the Linux community is amazing and extremely helpful, but sadly I'm resorting back to windows. I installed everything back and successfully dual booted Ubuntu and win7 on both my netbook and my desktop (ICS worked out but only when netbook was on Ubuntu) but it was just annoying having to jump all these hoops and whatnot trying to get apps to work.

I game CONSTANTLY and having to go back to windows every so often (or get crap fps with WINE) was annoying and I couldnt deal with it.

In addition to that I seed torrent like CRAZY and use hundreds of gigs monthly, and most my downloads consist of using an RSS feed. I couldn't find a lightweight torrent program on linux that supported that (Deluge is horrible) easily.

But i did have some things about Ubuntu that was went crazy over, like how to install apps i just had to type a sentence in Terminal (installed VLC in seconds, **** was SO cash)

[D-cat]

mlnet (and one of its many gui's like MLDonkey) would be the swiss army kit for file sharing, incl. torrent. It does get slow when you have a lot of shares though.

Unfortunately, Linux is not for the person still addicted to Windows games. There are several games that now have native Linux versions, but most don't because they rely on DirectX, which isn't directly supported in Linux. WINE will try to translate it, but as you put it, crap FPS. I'm sorry we can't help you in that department.

If there are some apps you prefer to run in Ubuntu, there is the option of Virtual machine (see Sun VirtualBox), which will effectively allow you to run Ubuntu (and pretty much any other x86 OS) inside Windows. This will let you play around without worrying about messing anything up, and you don't have to reboot to start a game.

[TizzleFizzle]

ARGH! this ubuntu thing keeps coming to bite me in the ***...

So when I uninstalled Ubuntu (yesterday) I simply booted into windows, opened partition manager, and formatted the partition that ubuntu was on. NOW this time when I try to log on it says "Grub Loading - Error: Unknown Filesystem" So im thinking after school that I should just install Ubuntu again via flash drive, and do some sort of correct uninstall?

or then again I give it another round and start using Virtual Box like you mentioned

Thanks in advance!

[D-cat]

Startup Repair: frequently asked questions

or you can try

Super Grub Disk Homepage , boot Windows option.