acer aspire one & Kubuntu

[Errol Sapir]

Goh Lip wrote:

>> Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
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>> From: Errol Sapir <errol at tzora.co.il>
>> I want to get the thread back to my original question.
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>> for aid on the same subject. I asked if one could put Jaunty on an acer
>> one with a 160giga HD. I understand the answer is yes and that no
>> special "version" of *buntu is needed. Now for my follow up question.
>> My acer came with XP installed and I have a 3 year guarantee policy. In
>> order not to loose the guarantee I thought of cloning my XP onto a DVD
>> and having it as "backup" to reinstall if ever i need to use the
>> warranty. My idea was to then install Jaunty after formatting the HD. Is
>> there a way to do what I want or should I just give up the idea and dual
>> boot?
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>> About the  posting question (answering so as not to be OT ( :-) ). 
>> I said when my "highjacked thread" was highjacked to this subject, 
>> there is much room for discussion. On the Ubuntu forum (Yahoo 
>> forums) this was discussed at length and everybody drew their own 
>> conclusion. I personally am with Lindsay but as you all can see, 
>> there are rules here and I am abiding by the rules and 
>> bottom-posting.
>> Errol
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> Errol, that will probably teach you not to top-post again ;)
> Otherwise people will steal your thread and scold you for stealing your own thread. No offense meant, just good natured jibbing. Lighten up, guys.
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> Back to your original query that nobody wanted to answer, ;-)
> Do you have an original XP OS DVD? Some PC does not provide OS CD's but you are supposed to make your own back-up CD or DVD through their facility that will restore back the PC to the same condition as when you bought it. Do this first. I you have an original XP CD provided by Acer, then you can proceed. Cloning your XP partition to a DVD? Don't think that will work.
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> Vista allows you to reduce your Vista partition, insufficiently though. But I think XP doesn't. You can manually reduce it using GParted. There are windows based programs, but right now I cannot recall any. Use GParted by using Kubuntu CD,(Ubuntu comes with GParted, not Kubuntu) do not install Kubuntu yet! At the trial, install GParted by opening a terminal and type "sudo apt-get install gparted". Then run Gparted by typing "sudo gparted"
> Take it from there.
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> Careful, 
> o  Windows has to be in first partition,cry baby.(Windows, I mean.)
> o  Don't chew out too many parts as some unfragmented Windows might be chopped off, rendering Windows unusable. Always  disk clean up, defragment and scan disk, preferably at least twice. If you are scared off now, perhaps if you have a "D" drive, you may just use the d drive as Kubuntu partition. Back up data in d drive first.
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> Reminder, at installation of Kubuntu, careful that you know the partition you want to install Kubuntu to beforehand. Always install Grub and install to MBR. Some new users are afraid this messes up Windows. Actually, if you don't, this will mess up Windows or won't fire up Kubuntu. Note, your Windows MBR will be gone. Good. That's alright! However, if you choose to remove Kubuntu later, you will need to reinstall the Windows MBR. Make sure you know how. This forum is not the place to ask how. Most of us don't use windows anymore.
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> Good luck.
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> Side notes (OT):
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> o  There is another way to handle this, installing, removing or reinstalling many OS's at will without affecting any other OS. But not if are worried about warrantee and not recommended for newer guys.
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> o  Like most people, you would later not use the Windows partition, and you would want to use the whole computer for Linux. Welcome aboard. For example, I revisited my Windows lately because I wanted to check the Flash in Windows. Found out there is a Flash 10 now for windows, but  Flash, any version, is still not available for 64 bit Windows browser. Had to use 32 bit browser. Flash 10 (32bit)
> didn't hang the 32bit-browser though. I have Vista, comes with computer, installed Windows7 -64 in another partition and most of the time, they are just sitting there.
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> Regards,
> Goh Lip
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> 'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days
> Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays;
> Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays,
> And one by one in the closet lays.
>                            ------- Omar Khayyam
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Goh Lip
Thanks for your input (and humor). O:-)
To get to the real point. I wasn't supplied the DVD with my acer. They 
did make a "restore" folder that (I hope) by copying it and burning that 
onto a DVD I'll be able to use if needed. The other two safety measures 
I am taking is:
1. Do a dual boot at the moment (XP & Kubuntu). This MAY change if I 
need the whole disk later on.
2. I have made an image of the XP (with all it's installations) onto an 
external HD. I used clonezilla but got many error notices that I may 
redo the clone using another clone program.

After that I'll install Kubuntu Jaunty. Probably also  from the external HD.
Errol


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