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[Rami]

and where should i put the 'default' tag?

It should be in grub.lst right above the OS stanzas. In your case, return the file to its original state byputting XP in it's correct order. Then change the default value to the order which XP lies in the sequence of stanzas.

So in grub.lst the default value is 0 which refers to the first stanza. So if your XP partition is 3rd in order change the line to "default=2".

 

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[Sheik Yerbouti]

u mean menu.lst right?

anyways, here's my menu.lst section which has teh boot options.

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root		(hd0,8)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=4a45f168-015f-4b98-9160-754632ca7bf4 ro quiet splash
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
quiet
savedefault

title		Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,8)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=4a45f168-015f-4b98-9160-754632ca7bf4 ro single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic

title		Ubuntu, memtest86+
root		(hd0,8)
kernel		/boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title		Other operating systems:
root

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda1
title		Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root		(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

i changed it back, to how it is... but in the boot selection menu, it says 'Cannot load selected partition!!!

i can also post a screenshot of my Gparted window with all teh partitions if it helps!

 

[Martin]

put this at the top of your file:

default 1
timeout 3

The first entry, Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic, counts as number 0, the next 1 etc

 

[Martin]

@ Martin: I installed rTorrent, played around with it and googled a cheat sheet for that bad ass, however how could I fiddle with the settings as ports and such??

$ dpkg -L rtorrent
/.
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/rtorrent
/usr/share
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man1
/usr/share/man/man1/rtorrent.1.gz
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/README
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/TODO
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/copyright
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/examples
[B]/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/examples/rtorrent.rc[/B]
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/changelog.Debian.gz

Copy this to ~/.rtorrent.rc and edit away. If you don't understand the options, ask here

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

ok...ill do that.

one more thing, Ubuntu is installed on partition hda6. so shouldnt the line say

root		(hd0,[b]5[/b])

???

 

[Martin]

Yes, because grub always counts from 0

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

then THAT's teh problem! it's trying to boot from hd0,8, which is a NTFS partition. so obviously it cant load the partition!


EDIT: yaye! it worked! all i had to do was change hd0,8 to hd0,5!!!

 

[Rami]

$ dpkg -L rtorrent
/.
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/rtorrent
/usr/share
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man1
/usr/share/man/man1/rtorrent.1.gz
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/README
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/TODO
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/copyright
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/examples
[B]/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/examples/rtorrent.rc[/B]
/usr/share/doc/rtorrent/changelog.Debian.gz

Copy this to ~/.rtorrent.rc and edit away. If you don't understand the options, ask here

Would it be too much to ask to post ur rtorrent.rc file here? Torrent optimization has always been something very vague to me and usually consisted googling "utorrent optimization" and then click and go....

 

[V]

Have you've seen this.

But i'm not sure if your motherboard supports 64bit processors, cos you've mentioned that is 1 ½ year old PC.

No I haven't, I didn't check mSan because they are a wholesale distributor so I can't buy stuff from them. But it's good to know they still have it, I'll contact them and see where I can buy it. Thanks.

And, yeah my mobo does support 64bit, I have Athlon 64, 3500+.

 

[Martin]

I've no idea what "torrent optimization" means. I just set the rates so they won't choke my connection and that's it, I don't do anything fancy. One thing you should do is set
session = /some/dir
(and make sure it exists), otherwise rtorrent won't maintain a session, it won't remember what it was doing last time.

Here's my conf:

download_rate = 70
upload_rate = 23
directory = /tmp
session = ~/.rtorrent/session
port_range = 453-459

 

[Rami]

I've no idea what "torrent optimization" means. I just set the rates so they won't choke my connection and that's it, I don't do anything fancy. One thing you should do is set
session = /some/dir
(and make sure it exists), otherwise rtorrent won't maintain a session, it won't remember what it was doing last time.

Here's my conf:

download_rate = 70
upload_rate = 23
directory = /tmp
session = ~/.rtorrent/session
port_range = 453-459

Ok Great I pretty much figured most of it, however what is the ideal upload 2 download throttle ratio??

 

[JCK]

Ok Great I pretty much figured most of it, however what is the ideal upload 2 download throttle ratio??

That's exactly what I meant with our chat, considering the trackers I usually use, I have to set all my speeds to unlimited.

 

[Rami]

Turn off the throttles using the the C and c buttons

 

[Rami]

@Martin: When my connection drops, obviously all torrents stop on rTorrent, however when it's back it doesn't re-initiate. Is there some option for that?

 

[JCK]

rTorrent is overrated.

 

[Martin]

@Martin: When my connection drops, obviously all torrents stop on rTorrent, however when it's back it doesn't re-initiate. Is there some option for that?

It may not do that immediately, but it will, or at least it should. These clients have some sort of a clock for how often they query for status and so on, give it a few minutes and if it doesn't work, restart it.

 

[Rami]

rTorrent is overrated.

Lol didn't know it was even rated in the first place

 

[Rami]

It may not do that immediately, but it will, or at least it should. These clients have some sort of a clock for how often they query for status and so on, give it a few minutes and if it doesn't work, restart it.

Ok thanks a lot no more wining for me....

 

[Martin]

rTorrent is overrated.

If that's the case, people must be raving about it. So who is?

 

[JCK]

You and Rami