The only complication with a dual-boot is that you will have to find a
way to resize your Windows XP partition. Risky business if you're
on NTFS -- I usually just backup my data and reinstall Windows on a
smaller partition that doesn't take up the whole disk. Once you
have Windows on a partition that doesn't take up the whole disk, the
rest is smooth sailing.<br>
<br>
SigmaX<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/23/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rich Johnson</b> <<a href="mailto:nixternal@ubuntu.com">nixternal@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wednesday 23 August 2006 11:15, brian hunt wrote:<br>> Sirs and Madams<<br>><br>> I
allready have xp installed..Whats the skinny on<br>> a dual install? Im really intrested and a fairly competent pc user but ,<br>> have a limited amount of time and patience! Is it true I can try Ubuntu<br>> without blowing the doors off my xp install? How hard is it to do a dual
<br>> boot? Can I do it without a reformat?<br>> thanks a lot for your time<br>> sincerely,<br>> Brian Hunt<br>> North Adams,MA<br><br>Brian,<br><br>Thanks for the email. If you are interested in "Just" trying Ubuntu, then you
<br>are in luck. Yes it is true that you don't have to "blow the doors off" of<br>any install, as long as you download the Desktop CD Edition. This allows you<br>to boot from the CD. You would select "Install" of course, but don't worry,
<br>if it goes to the Log-in Screen, then you are fine, if you get a blue window<br>full of text pop up, then you grabbed the wrong version, but of course I<br>won't allow that to happen, so I will provide you links to the downloads.
<br>Also look at the Desktop CD as a Live CD, which gives you that "try before<br>you buy" kind of feature.<br><br>Ubuntu (<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com">www.ubuntu.com</a>) uses the GNOME Desktop Environment.<br>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Ubuntu Desktop CD - for a typical x86 machine use the following:<br><a href="http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386.iso">
http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386.iso</a><br><br>Ubuntu Desktop CD - for an AMD 64 bit machine use the following:<br><a href="http://spout.ussg.indiana.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-amd64.iso">
http://spout.ussg.indiana.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-amd64.iso</a><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Kubuntu (<a href="http://www.kubuntu.org">
www.kubuntu.org</a>) uses the K Desktop Environment (KDE)<br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Kubuntu Desktop CD - for a typical x86 machine use the following:
<br><a href="http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/kubuntu/6.06/kubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386.iso">http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/kubuntu/6.06/kubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386.iso</a><br><br>Kubuntu Desktop CD - for an AMD 64 bit machine use the following:
<br><a href="http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/kubuntu/6.06/kubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-amd64.iso">http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/kubuntu/6.06/kubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-amd64.iso</a><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<br><br>There is also Edubuntu (<a href="http://www.edubuntu.org">www.edubuntu.org</a>) which is an educational version,<br>perfect for children. Then there is Xubuntu (<a href="http://www.xubuntu.com">www.xubuntu.com</a>
) which is<br>perfect for those old Pentium 1, 2, and 3's that aren't the fastest machines<br>in the world. If you are interested in any of those, just make sure you<br>select the "Desktop" or "Live" CD for your download. Alternate CD is for
<br>installation only, and is in a text format, definitely not what you want.<br><br>I hope this helps you out. If you have any questions, please feel free to<br>contact Ubuntu Chicago with more questions. Thanks you!<br>
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chi.ubuntu-us.com</a><br>online everywhere as nixternal<br><><<br><br><br>--<br>Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago">
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a><br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>My home page: <a href="http://www.SigmaX.org">http://www.SigmaX.org</a><br><br>"ttocs laeno cire oshkosh b'gosh fyedernoggersnodden nicht stein bon probiscus"
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