[Deaf-lug] Greetings

Wed Feb 13 13:16:43 GMT 2008

Ubuntu's installation if I remember rightly allow you to readjust disk
space (such as making the XP partition smaller and freeing up space) and
install itself as a dual boot option.

I've done this painlessly with XP and Vista (since we do have NTFS write
support now).

I would advise you to defrag your disk in XP first and back up data of
course just in case the worst happen. Then resize XP and free up some
suitable space for Ubuntu - ie 30Gb is decent. (Ubuntu need erm...a few
gig's of space, can't remember how much it need but I think about 2 or 3
for itself)

On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 12:35 +0000, Paul Johnston wrote:

> Hi Fintan,
> 
> I have managed to create Ubuntu CD and ran this on my old PC at home.  JGJones was right after all, the PC's BIOS does have the setting to boot up from CD.   I was looking that the wrong place i.e. the order of hard drives that get booted up.
> 
> I am impressed so far.  Nice and tidy interface, better than XP imo. Will have play with this bit more before installing it on the PC.
> 
> I'd like to retain XP my PC though.  Any easy way to create dual boot option?
> 
> I am also intrigued one can boot up an OS from a memory stick.  Memory sticks are ten a penny nowadays so would like to know how to do this e.g. do I copy the ISO onto the memory stick?  Ideally I would be able to install Ubuntu onto memory stick (say 4GB) and also save some of the PC settings on it as well.  Possible?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Paul.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Fintan Gaughan <fgaughan at gmail.com>
> To: deaf-lug at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 February, 2008 12:06:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Deaf-lug] Greetings
> 
> How ye getting on paul?
> 
> At home I have a software on windows pc for burnining ISO onto disc ..
> for the life of me I cant remember the name of it so I would have
> posted a link to download software.
> remind me after 6 pm  when I get home :-)
> 
> What I like about that sofware is you select what you downloaded and
> burn to disc ,unlike nero where you go through hoops to burn iso image
> to disc.
> this is where a lot of people fail... I should know as it has happned to me.
> 
> 
> Fintan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/02/2008, Paul Johnston <gingerdeafman at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings to you all too.
> >
> > Like JGJones I'd joined this group today.  As for my Linux experience, I am
> > a total novice I have to say <bows my head in shame>
> >
> > Hopefully I will rectify this soon enough.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: JGJones <mailinglist at gwallgofi.com>
> > To: deaf-lug <deaf-lug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Sent: Tuesday, 12 February, 2008 12:09:22 PM
> > Subject: [Deaf-lug] Greetings
> >
> > I meant to join ages ago. Forgot to do it. Until Fintan posted the link in
> > DUK-Tech again and this time I remembered to join.
> >
> > I've been using Ubuntu since its very first distro, prior to this I've tried
> > multiple flavours such as Red Hat, Fedora, Mandrake (before the name
> > change), Debian, BSD (I think it was OpenBSD).
> >
> > At home:
> >
> > HOBBIT:
> > Mythubuntu backend server running:
> >
> > MythTV server
> > NFS server (backup and access videos etc (ie for MythVideo, recent videos is
> > season 1 of Heroes all with SubRip files)
> > Apache2 (for torrentflux, Gallery2 and
> > playaroundprojectthingywhatever)
> > Various stuff when I want to try things such as SIP proxy etc
> >
> > KIDDIES:
> > As name say - Sony VAIO P3 computer for the kids running Xubuntu (XFCE
> > instead of Gnome) - ideal for school work etc (son increasingly getting
> > homework where he have to research on internet) - it've got a SiS graphics,
> > meaning it really suck for games which is the idea (ie Flash games) ;-)
> >
> > ZEUS:
> >
> > Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz with 4Mb cache, and 2GB ram laptop with 1680x1050
> > res screen (Dell Vostro 1500) - Ubuntu naturally. On this one I also run
> > VirtualBox which I run WinXP, Vista, Ubuntu Dapper Drake LTS, Debian Sarge,
> > Debian Etch and so on (taking full advantage of VT-x virtualisation
> > technology that comes with the chip)
> >
> > HADES:
> >
> > 1st generation Macbook - Does have OSX Leopard. Boots into Ubuntu by default
> > and that's the way it's staying ;) OSX is kept so kids can learn to use
> > different OS (plus it have Comic Life which the son likes)
> >
> > KATRINA:
> >
> > Wifey's brand new Macbook Pro (yes brand new...we returned her Macbook pro
> > for repairs. They lost it. We have a brand new replacement now and thank
> > feck I backed up and wiped the disk before sending for repairs). Fully OSX
> > Leopard bah...(she's a photographer and thus use Photoshop CS2 (it'll get
> > upgraded to CS3 soon)).
> >
> > All of the above except KIDDIES comes with MythTV frontend so there's telly
> > available everywhere ;-)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > JGJones
> >
> >
> >
> >
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