[ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu to dual-boot (partition sizes)

[Tony Arnold]

Mark,

On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 22:55 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
> Tony Arnold wrote:
> >> I don't have any data on the laptop other than "backups / local cached 
> >> copies", if you see what I mean.
> >>
> >> The question is "where did I put the Dell system recovery CD", of course 
> >> - re-installing XP-MCE on the beast would be the annoying part of the 
> >> exercise :-)
> >>     
> >
> > So you have Ubuntu on this machine and want to add Windows?
> >   
> 
> Sorry - no - I have Windows and want to add Ubuntu.

OK, I misread your post. Colin's post is, of course, spot on!

> The reason for making sure I had the Dell CD was to get this stuff 
> together BEFORE starting, in case of the installation going pear-shaped.

A wise move!

Regards,
Tony.
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