Wanted: Pro to build dual boot Ubuntu

[Charles Irons]

Hi Doug, Colin, NoOp, Peter, Karl, Joep

Hope I have got you all.  I am really grateful for all the advice and
offers of help.  

Being an old duffer it will take me some time to digest and research the
buying options. 

Other matters are also needing some days , so be patient please. I will
respond.

Thanks and kind regards. Chas.I
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On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 16:14 -0400, Doug wrote:

> On 09/14/2014 01:31 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
> > On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 18:27 +0200, Charles Irons wrote:
> >> Trouble is I doubt my skills are good enough to install dual boot Ubuntu
> >> 14.04 LTS and Win 7 or 8 on a new desktop .
> >
> > If your computer is not overly ancient or slow, use VirtualBox instead
> > of dual booting.
> >
> > VirtualBox lets you run Windows (real, licenced Windows) in a window on
> > your Ubuntu computer, along with whatever programs you want to install
> > in it. It is much easier than having to dual boot all the time.
> >
> > Regards, K.
> >
> >
> I have built a abatch of dual-boot configurations--i.e., with various
> distros--and in most cases, nothing could be simpler--install Windows
> first. Then along the way of installing your favorite Linux, the 
> installer will ask you about partitioning (keep the windows 
> partition[s]) and further on, it will set up grub or grub 2 to
> boot Windows and Linux, dual booting. No problem, no fuss, the whole
> thing will take maybe 15 or 20 minutes, and a child could do it.
> 
> And if you ever need to "do anything" to Windows, it stands alone, and 
> you can. (You may have to run part of your Linux install disk again to
> get grub working again when you're done.)
> 
> I've never had a situation where I had to "dual boot all the time."
> I boot into Linux, and I don't turn the machine off, and maybe once a 
> month I have to boot into Windows for some reason.
> 
> --doug
> 
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