i have 2 questions in the forum....still need help please

have downloaded all 162 updates..am going to bed now..will check back in the morning
thanks

if you have installed the newest one, the old one automatically deleted ... :D you don't have to uninstalled it ...

No I doubt if the old one uninstalled at all if the op didn't ask it to.

You can check by running this in a terminal

sudo fdisk -l

Post the output here - I will check on your forum thread assuming you used same name.

Nothing on the forum but other questions here.

I'd suggest the real forum at ubuntuforums.org - you get quicker responses there - you canuse the same username (as I speak) because there is no allysmart there.

Basically you are going to need to run a partition editor and remove the old installation but it's probably better to do that in 'real time'

Good luck.

Disk /dev/sda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00d900d9

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1350 10843843+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1351 4998 29302560 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 4788 4998 1694826 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 1351 4639 26418829+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 4640 4787 1188778+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

after running sudo fdisk -l
so yes on removing old ubuntu...i didn't upgrade...something buggered up hardy heron so had to re-install hardy heron...thought it was quickest way to solve my problem...so have installed a new hardy heron..that's what i running atm...thanks for the help it's much appreciated...and thanks for the other forum option....
ally

i am at other ubuntu forum as allymarie

which partition you want to remove ?

the one with the busted ubuntu....newbie! i dunno really....lol...sorry...

and i have to get nvidia drivers...do i find them in the add/remove?

when the pc boots up i have to choose the first linux listed....so the other's i have to remove?
i took an administrative assistance course in college..so i know a little but not much...and of course that was all evil windows programs...lol...i just thought it would be best to clear up the system to free up space.... i really like linux and want to learn more but am a little slow...i really appreciate the help :)

can you join the #ubuntu room in irc ?

if you want to see which partition your linux in, just type mount on the command line

the '/' should be your linux ... just copy paste the result here.

go thru pigion

i feel like such a dummy.....honestly...you must be thinking why does this person even have a computer....

allison@allison-desktop:~$ mount
/dev/sda6 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/allison/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=allison)

From your mount you are using sda6 which wqould imply to me that the swap is sda7, swap is a bit immaterial as if you delete the wrong one you can get it to use the other simply enough.

"i feel like such a dummy.....honestly...you must be thinking why does this person even have a computer...."

don't let anyone make you feel that way :)

Hi friends
 one of my friends machine may have been hacked can someone help us fix this as he needs it urgently for important work
Her command terminal is not working and none of the basice commands work the following is the output when opning the terminal
this is only for one user account the other user account are fine :-
bash: uname: command not found
bash: [: too many arguments
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bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
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bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: sed: command not found
bash: complete: is: no completion specification
bash: complete: not: no completion specification
bash: complete: included: no completion specification
bash: complete: in: no completion specification
bash: complete: the: no completion specification
bash: complete: PATH: no completion specification
bash: complete: environment: no completion specification
bash: complete: variable.: no completion specification
dim@kim:~$ ls
Command 'ls' is available in '/bin/ls'
The command could not be located because '/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
bash: ls: command not found
dim@kim:/bin$ cd ../usr
dim@kim:/usr$ ls
Command 'ls' is available in '/bin/ls'
The command could not be located because '/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
bash: ls: command not found
dim@kim:/usr$

Please can some one help us fix this , please can you let me know the steps to fix her laptop

Thanks

Kim