ubuntu on windows xp, help required

[Donny George]

hello

Thankyou , thankyou so much for the info. i will now definitely get the
ubuntu  7 series.  that fact is that i am gettnig ubuntu installed to work
with gumstix. will 7.1 be good enough. i seriously dont have a clue about
this.

i also have another silly doubt, can i install the ubuntu on an external
hard disk, as theres not much free space on my windows disks. theres a C
disk and in the gnome partition editor it was shown with an yellow asterix
and as fat 32. my D disk has only 7 gb of free space. in this situation
would i use an external hard disk with usb 2.0 ?

thnx in advance
donny


On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 3:13 PM, steve <sfreilly at roadrunner.com> wrote:

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> | Hello
> |
> | myself donny a student, am trying to install ubuntu 6.06 as dual os
> | along with windows xp. and after getting the iso image and burning i
> | started with the process of installing ubuntu.
>
> hi,
>
> first question, why did you download and install 6.06, when the latest
> version released is 7.1?
>
>
>
> ~ it went on well and
> | reached the ubuntu desktop and it read that nautilus has quit
> | unexpectedly and so whther i need to inform or start once again. i
> | followed and link where it said i could type "apt-get dist-upgrade" but
> | it said i had no permission and asked me if i am root. i am not very
> | familiar with linux os or the commands. but still could i type in
> | something like "su" if so wat would be the password
>
> cant use su on ubuntu.  use sudo then the command you want after it like
> " sudo apt-get install" or sudo -s for a root prompt.  the root password
> is what you typed in for root password when you installed ubuntu.  thats
> why it says when it asks you for the password during installation "make
> sure you remember this password"
> |
> | or else have can i ensure a smooth installation of ubuntu without
> | affecting my windows. would be there any tutorials where i can get by
> | step guidance.
>
>
> |
> | kindly help
> |
> | thnx for any info
> |
> | --
> | Donny George
> |
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