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Subject: Re: Ubuntu 6.10 Live Disc
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Hello, Paul-B!
You wrote on 31 Jan 2007 18:14:01 GMT:
??>> "Adrian" wrote in message
??>> news:FuKdnST556GZTF3YRVnysQA@bt.com...
??>>> Hi James, like yourself I was also very impressed with
??>>> the way ubuntu live CD recognised everything on boot up.
??>>> I was even more surprised that it also found my internet
??>>> connection. I have since done a dual boot installation
??>>> of ubuntu using the live disk. I now run XP and ubunutu
??>>> on the same hard drive. I found the dual
??>>> boot installation extremely easy as the disk did the
??>>> partition and dual boot for me... Nice and easy. Only
??>>> advice I would say is when you come to the screen with
??>>> the slider saying how large you want the partition to be
??>>> it is infact asking how large you want and existing
??>>> windows partition to now be. I almost made the
??>>> mistake but realised at the last minute. For example if
??>>> you want ubuntu to have 10% of your HD you need to
??>>> create your partition at 90%. This then leaves your 10%
??>>> for ubuntu. I also did a full back up first just to be
??>>> safe. Regards Adrian
??>>
??>> Thanks very much for the advice!
??>>
??>> I am going about this very slowly since the computer
??>> concerned has two partitions, one with Windows 97(I
??>> believe) and one with Windows XP. The two versions of
??>> Windows date from some time ago when XP was new to the
??>> owner, confidence low and cash to buy Office XP
??>> not available. What I am hoping to do is to replace the
??>> earlier partition with Ubuntu. I can't afford to lose the
??>> files and programs on the XP partition and using the
??>> backup could have some problems if the second partition
??>> and programs were wiped out. I probably could deal with it
??>> but I have never had the nerve to use the Dantz Retrospect
??>> "disaster recovery" CD :-)
??>>
??>> As might be expected, Ubuntu did not seem to find the NTFS
??>> Windows XP partition.
PB> Ubuntu finds and reads both my NTFS drives without any
PB> problems at all. XP, OTOH, on the same PC can't see the
PB> Ubuntu disk at all.
As has been said many times before, "Go Figure!" :-) I was
talking about the live disc version of Ubuntu and only the
Windows 97 partition showed up. I don't know if it is the nature
of the partitioning or not.
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not
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