Thanks for the suggestion Desmond,<div><br></div><div>I got an install disk burnt after 3 attempts and I think I did a partitioned install on the decrepit PC (Windoze Explorer is saying that it's disk has shrunk).......<b>but</b> unfortunately I can't get the dual boot option just cluttering clanking XP as usual! </div>
<div><br></div><div>A bit of surfing suggests that this is to do with a Grub file needing to be installed or moved. The solution seems to involve coding and kernels which I think is totally beyond me. If anyone has a relatively painless solution I would be grateful.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Westerham<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Desmond Armstrong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:desmond.armstrong@gmail.com">desmond.armstrong@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I am not quite sure which I have used, but, I think it may be:-<br>
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<a href="http://www.burn4free.com/" target="_blank">http://www.burn4free.com/</a><br>
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Then, the size of the Ubuntu download is normally about 500MB, there is also a DVD version which I think was about 3GB, from memory. And, you do only require the CD version.<br>
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Now, when you install ensure that the broadband is ethernet connected, and live, and then the updates will be done following the install, takes a while so just let it get it get on with it.<div><div></div><div class="h5">
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