Wish to dual boot

[squareyes]

On 22/01/13 09:43, NoOp wrote:
> On 01/21/2013 04:46 AM, squareyes 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.
>>
>> 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
>>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/
> Enter 'uefi' and or 'dualboot' in the search box.
>
> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI>
>    <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot>
> <http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Dual-Booting_Windows_and_Ubuntu>
>
> Keep in mind that an recent HP machine will use all 4 primary
> partitions. Yop'll need to save the HP utils to C or D drive in case you
> need them in the future, and then delete that primary partition so that
> you can use it for Ubunut/other. See:
> <http://askubuntu.com/questions/149821/my-laptop-already-has-4-primary-partitions-how-can-i-install-ubuntu>
>
>
>
>
Thanks  for the info, had already read most of it before this list.
Will give the usb stick boot a try, but it seems from what I have read 
that I
need a 64 bit version of Ubuntu or I may just get into
more trouble.
Thanks again to everyone who replied,
Take care
Winton