Installing xubuntu on a new WIndows-8 system

[Basil Chupin]

On 12/08/13 21:09, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> Hi,
> I just bought a new system (Acer) which of course I couldn't buy 
> without an OS so Windows8 is pre-installed. It uses several partitiona 
> and First I thought of removing it completely. However, I've paid for 
> it so first let it be (by the way it is completely unusable for 
> somebody who has used UNIX/Linux over the past 25 years).
> Now I have shrunk one Windows partition to 250 GB to install Ubuntu on.
> However, when I start installing the first thing that's asked is a 
> device for the boot loader installation. I give /dev/sda6 (which is 
> the partition I would use for Ubuntu) but it complains that it is used 
> for mount point / (natural) and it want a separate partition for the 
> bootloader code which should be marked as a "Reserved BIOS boot area".
> I assume it will need an area for the grub loader in the boot-area but 
> there is of course already the WIndows boot code.
> As extra information: I install in legacy mode as UEFI is too new for me.
> Joep
>

Read this invaluable article:

http://www.linuxidentity.com/us/down/articles/LSK_multi_distro_install_US.pdf

BC

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