USB installation instructions for beginners

[Phil Bull]

Hi Phill,

On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 16:03 +0100, Phillip Whiteside wrote:
> the screen-shot (figure 2) is now wrong (don't blame me, they altered
> the boot screen at the last minute !!)

Thanks, nice catch. Do you happen to have an update screenshot, by any
chance?

> The thorny issue of resizing partitions, with Vista and Win7 the
> general consensus on the forums seems to be to let windows to resize
> the partitions rather than getting gparted to do
> it. apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_first.htm?page=2 has the vista method, i understand it is the same for win7.

I'd rather rely on the generally-available Ubuntu tools than the Windows
ones (in case Windows can't boot, etc). Why do people recommend the
Windows partitioning tools, are they having issues with the Ubuntu ones?

Thanks,

Phil

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