Wish to dual boot

[Colin Law]

On 21 January 2013 12:46, squareyes <squareyes at internode.on.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> just bought an HP g6-2208au laptop,
> have re-set bios to boot from optical drive first in both
> uefi and legacy boot order, but machine will not boot from it.
> Have disabled fast boot in windows.
> I am tempted to install ubuntu on the complete drive, but am
> a little afraid that it may not go on. Have installed from the 12.04 disc
> on other machines so think the Ubuntu dvd is ok.

You could try booting Ubuntu from USB stick.  See links on
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop (bottom right of page) on how
to make a bootable usb stick.

Colin

>
> New machine, made recovery disks on it, so drive appears to work.
> HP forums don't give me any help, and would really like to have
> a mobile ubuntu 12.04.
> Any help would be gratefully received. Many thanks in advance
> Take care
> Winton
>
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