Laptop installation

[Frans]

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:18:39 +0300, Avraham Hanadari wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 10:49 +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
>> Avraham Hanadari wrote:
>> > Ubuntu 8.1 is running fine, if slowly, on my test machine (470.5
>> > MiB), dual booted with XP Pro. I would like to install 9.04 on my HP
>> > Pavilion with Vista Home Premium, but I have read horror stories
>> > about partitioning an HD with Vista installed, and about GRUB access
>> > difficulties after installation. I have also read that the new 9.04
>> > manages to partition a Vista machine well. I guess I just need
>> > someone who has done it to give me directions.
>> 
>> Vista comes with a tool to resize partitions. I suggest to use that
>> tool because Microsoft should know best how to resize NTFS partitions
>> without data loss. Then it should be no problem to install Ubuntu to
>> the now free space on the disk.
>> 
>> What horror stories of grub problems are you talking about?
>> 
>> 
>> Nils
>> 
> When I last tried to make a partition in a Vista HD a couple of years
> ago, I discovered that I could only "resize" partitions, but not make
> them. I have a singel, unpartitioned HD on the laptop right now. I shall
> try again. Perhaps upgrades have changed the conditions. On the other
> hand, I have read that the Ubuntu partition manager is very good, and is
> preferable to the MS one.
> 
> The last I read about installing Ubuntu in a dual boot on a Vista
> machine explained that the installation was inaccessible afterwards
> because of some booting properties peculiar in Vista. It was explained
> that special software needed to be installed in Vista "before" the
> Ubuntu installation. That software somehow enabled access to the GRUB
> boot loader, or maybe it was LILO.
> 
> Have you had personal experience installing 9.04 in a dual boot on an HP
> Vista laptop?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Avraham

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_first.htm

Good luck!

    -Frans