Re: linux installation

On Mar 31, 7:31 am, "kature" <katurela...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Regards!
> I have following situation, and would appreciate if someone could help:
> 2 disks
> -  disk No.1 C: and D: partition
> -  disk No.2 G: and H: partition
> On C: partition WinXP is installed, and I am planning to install Ubuntu
7.10
> (version if I am correct) on G: partition (which is on other hard disk)
> I just want to know, if installation completes successfully, will I see
dual
> boot DOS prompt (WinXP and Ubuntu), after restart.
>
> All the best!


Linux requires more than one partition, at least two normally,  but
almost never just one.  We use one small partition for swap, (MS
users call it "virtual memory", we call it swap).  We could force it
to not create the swap partition, but there's really no need to do
that.
You can use the space that is occupied by "disk No.2 G", for the
Ubuntu install,  (the first partition on the slave drive), or you can
delete and use  "disk No.2  H",  (the second partition on slave),
that's fine too, as long as it leaves enough space, but the thing to
do would be to let the partitioning tool remove one or more
partitions, and create it's own native partitions with the resulting
"free space".
The partition manager will either use existing "free space" or, (at
your request), delete one or more partitions  in order to create
enough free space to do the install.

The best thing to do in preparation for a Linux install is to just
leave un-partitioned "free space", or just a blank, un-partitioned
drive. But if there are partitions on it, there is no problem with

Thus spake Dominic-Luc Webb:
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Bit Twister wrote:
>
>> > On C: partition WinXP is installed, and I am planning to install
Ubuntu 7.10
>
> The rest I agree with the first responder. As for Ubuntu, I
> think version 8.0 is due out in the next couple weeks.

He's right. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases;
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, Hardy Heron, Planned for April 2008"

-- 
sk8r-365
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

Thus spake trryhend@gmail.com:
> On Mar 31, 7:31 am, "kature" <katurela...@gmail.com>
wrote:
<snip>
> The best thing to do in preparation for a Linux install is to just
> leave un-partitioned "free space", or just a blank,
un-partitioned
> drive.
<snip>

No offence to trryhend@gmail.com; best thing to do _before_ doing that
is pre-read so you are prepared. The reading before will prevent many
headaches after installing.

OP, if you've not already done so, run a LiveCD of the proposed OS on
your system for a day or two *continually*, and mess with it to ensure
hardware compatibility is satisfactory for your needs and you like the
OS. Bear in mind that it's best to use a released version, rather than
one still in development, for the test. Read its provided documentation
in the mean while - after all, it's running on your machine and
immediately available.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners/Guide
https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/
http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/preparing-to-install.html

-- 
sk8r-365
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

sk8r-365 wrote:
> Thus spake trryhend@gmail.com:
>> On Mar 31, 7:31 am, "kature" <katurela...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> <snip>
>> The best thing to do in preparation for a Linux install is to just
>> leave un-partitioned "free space", or just a blank,
un-partitioned
>> drive.
> <snip>
> 
> No offence to trryhend@gmail.com; best thing to do _before_ doing that
> is pre-read so you are prepared. The reading before will prevent many
> headaches after installing.
> 
> OP, if you've not already done so, run a LiveCD of the proposed OS on
> your system for a day or two *continually*, and mess with it to ensure
> hardware compatibility is satisfactory for your needs and you like the
> OS. Bear in mind that it's best to use a released version, rather than
> one still in development, for the test. Read its provided documentation
> in the mean while - after all, it's running on your machine and
> immediately available.
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners/Guide
> https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/
> http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/preparing-to-install.html
> 



Ubuntu 8.04-Hardy Heron comes with Wubi installer, wubiinstaller.com,
which gives you the option to install it without making permanent 
changes to try it.

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:31:24 +0200, kature wrote:
> Regards!
> I have following situation, and would appreciate if someone could help:
> 2 disks
> -  disk No.1 C: and D: partition
> -  disk No.2 G: and H: partition
> On C: partition WinXP is installed, and I am planning to install Ubuntu
7.10 
> (version if I am correct) on G: partition (which is on other hard disk)
> I just want to know, if installation completes successfully, will I see
dual 
> boot DOS prompt (WinXP and Ubuntu), after restart.

Yes.

As always, when making partition changes, be sure to have backups and
know the backups are readable.