mikee286 Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I installed ubuntu 8.04 through wubi and when I boot into ubuntu my external hdd won't mount and goves me a message saying unable to mount volume. Also my wireless internet does not work. The wireless adapter I have is this http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c...d=1296223413B13 please I need your help fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitCh Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=5...ghlight=WMP300N Try looking in that thread. I know you can use ndiswrapper with this driver but I don't have the time to explain every step. In paraphrase you need to install ndiswrapper-utils and ndiswrapper-common from synaptic. Once that is done you need to locate the .inf file on the drive cd that came with your card. (e.g cd /cdrom) Then: sudo ndiswrapper -i <name of file>.inf ndiswrapper -l (to make sure it's installed) If that all went well, then you need to: sudo modprobe ndiswrapper Then you need to add ndiswrapper to your /etc/modules file so that it starts when you boot up. REMEMBER: THIS IS ONLY SHORT SNIPPETS OF WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. Follow that guide for a more comprehensible guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee286 Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 I think that would work for me but I cant do it because the internet doesn't work in the ubuntu, it only works in windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitCh Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Well as long as you have the LiveCD you can install ndiswrapper from there. Other wise download the files and save them onto a usb stick, or directly connect your computer to your router using an Ethernet cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee286 Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 I'm going to try downloading ndiswrapper in windows then put it on my flash drive and install it, and hopefully that fixes that. But what about my external hdd?? it still won't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted May 19, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 19, 2008 Your other hard drive? It is NTFS format? Boot into Windows with it attached. Do a checkdisk (CHKDSK /R, I think the command is) and defrag it. Then shut down Windows with it still attached. This is to try and make sure that the filesystem is clean. Then reboot Ubuntu and see if you can access the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardarkless Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I am also having this problem but this is with all the ntfs drives I have plus the one im dualbooting with the vista drive could it be a problem with wubi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted May 19, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 19, 2008 I have heard that Linux will not touch an NTFS filesystem if Windows is suspended. Could be due to Windows leaving files open on the filesystem (because it is suspended and expects to resume where it left off). I don't use Windows/NTFS, so I never really paid much attention to that info, but it would be one thing I think should be looked at. Make sure you have a clean NTFS filesystem, and that you shutdown completely (no suspend or hibernate) from Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee286 Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 does wubi leave windows suspended?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted May 21, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 21, 2008 wubi is just a big file on your existing Windows NTFS drive. It is an image of your Linux filesystems, and when you boot Linux, it runs it as a local loopback of that image on the underlying NTFS drive. wubi has nothing to do with Windows, other than the fact that the filesystem it is on is a Microsoft fileystem. Other than that, when you boot, you are given the choice of Windows or Linux (just like normal for dual-booters). If you choose Windows, you run Windows like normal. If you choose Linux, it mounts the wubi ext3 filesystem images and boots Linux. The user is separated from the NTFS part of things. I hope that clears things up a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee286 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 I just wondered if that was causing the unable to mount volume message when trying to access my external HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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