Installing xubuntu on a new WIndows-8 system

[Colin Law]

On 12 August 2013 12:09, Joep L. Blom <jlblom at neuroweave.nl> 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.

This may be helpful
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

Colin