[xubuntu-users] Setting up a new install
Jesse Palser
jessepalsermailinglists at gmail.com
Wed Nov 25 21:12:04 UTC 2015
Hi
Check out "DosBox" for Ubuntu.
(it's in the software center)
DosBox runs DOS games and DOS software on Ubuntu.
Jesse
On 11/25/2015 04:07 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
> I am attempting to set up a 14.04 lts xubuntu system on a 3 tb drive.
> I am trying to use "something else" in the setup menu. The process is
> not going like the instructions, and if I get to the fifth partition
> and have a problem and want to go back, I loose all my work and have
> to start over at "something else". After 4 times, I'm here :) .
>
> When I enter the first partition, 20 GB ext4 on root, I get a 1 mb
> area assigned with no explanation. When I get to the 4th partition,
> and want to make it the 'extended' partition, there is no option and
> no explanation. Clicking on logical does not help. I haven't seen
> anything about encryption yet. I want a fat32 partition in the
> primary partitions for freedos. I want an unassigned partition in the
> primary because I don't know how I want to use it yet. I want swap in
> the extended area. I also might use a virtual machine setup so I can
> run dos and xubuntu at the same time (mainly for printing).
>
> guidance? google is not my friend in this case, including going to
> the ubuntu site.
>
> John
>
>
>
More information about the xubuntu-users
mailing list