Installing Ubuntu as 2nd OS

[Anna EdwARds]

Actually, logically, you could download 8.04 now (the dev version) for logically, knowing it can upgrade quickly to the rel version, and no major bugs are found 2 days before a major release (usually, they would be found when it is called stable). Also, i just thought about it, and people commonly have luck near my half birthday (tomarrow) so just take the minimal risk.

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--- Original Message ---
Date: Fri Apr 18 12:28:53 PDT 2008
From: Peter Domanski 
To: "Ubuntu user technical support,
	not for general discussions" 
Subject: Re: Installing Ubuntu as 2nd OS
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Ilya Vishnyakov wrote:
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> Hello Lucky Ubuntu Users!
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> I have a Dell laptop with Win Xp and 1 partition on it. This laptop 
> has very valuable information for me, personally. I was wondering if 
> will be able to install Ubuntu as second OS on my laptop, without 
> reformatting the hard drive. I need to keep the data on it intact.
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> Thank you for your advice.
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> Ilya.
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There are a few options but all of them will require some work if you 
actualy want to install ubuntu on the pc. One way is to shrink the 
current windows partition and alocating some empty disk space for second 
operation system. Second options is wait untill Ubuntu 8.04 will come 
out and then install it temporarly on your windows partition (new 
feature in Ubuntu 8.04). You can also look into downloading a virtual PC 
software from microsoft and installing ubuntu on a virtual machine. No 
matter which way you want to go there will be some draw backs and keep 
in mind that you will have to get your hands dirty a little one way or 
the other.

Good luck.

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