Install Ubuntu on a system that already has windows XP

[Daniel Robitaille]

> I have a Win XP professional with SP2 working on my current system. I
> want to install Ubuntu along with Linux(on my Dell Latitude D610
> laptop with 1GB ram and 2GHz processor). My HD(60 GB) is comprised of
> only one NTFS partition. I have read that I could partition the drive
> with ntfs resizer with a live CD(such as KNOPPIX). Could anybody give
> some detailed information on the installation of Ubuntu while keeping
> Windows. Or a link that contains information on the subject.(Or number
> the steps to be taken in a simple manner so as to be able to complete
> the install without prblems.)

The Ubuntu installer can do the partition resizing  for you while
installing Ubuntu; at least it did it when I installed Ubuntu on my
Dell laptop using Hoary.

So during the install, at the repartition step of the install, I asked
the installer to resize my XP ntfs partition to 50% of its original
size, then told Ubuntu to install in the freed space.  At the end of
the installation I had a dual-boot laptop, half using my original XP,
the other half with my new Ubuntu installation, and a grub menu to
select between the two OSes  at boot time.

So in my case it was a painless process.

BUT, before trying this or something else.  DO BACKUPS OF YOUR
IMPORTANT  FILES IN XP.  You never know what could go wrong and
playing with hard drive partitions.

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Daniel Robitaille