Hi Harry--
It is possible to dual boot with Vista (on it's own partition or on a
separate drive) but the recomended sequence is to install Vista first, then
Ubuntu second. The Grub (or LILO) bootloader will get corrupted if you do it
the other way around. If you only have one hard drive, simply free up some
unpartitioned space, then let Ubuntu install itself on that space.
If Vista is upgraded, Vista will overwrite grub so that will need to be
re-installed. You should make a ubuntu boot disk, and then when you upgrade
vista, you can boot into ubuntu, and use grub-install (or some other method,
ie, grub shell) to install grub back to the MBR.
Ubuntu doesn't take up very much space. The minimum system requirement is
2GB, but you will want more of course depending on programs that you will
need to install. (10-15GB).
or check out these threads:
http://apcmag.com/5046/how_to_dual_b...nstalled_first http://www.commonmancomputing.com/y/...2/Default.aspx http://wiki.gtwy.net/index.php/Dual_...ista_and_Linux http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT2094892904.html
CH
"Harry Krause" <harry.krause@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> ...from startup into either VISTA Ultimate or Ubuntu, what would I have to
> do?
>
> At the moment, I have only VISTA installed on my computer.
>
> I have three hard drives:
>
> C, for VISTA and programs.
>
> D, for data storage.
>
> E, for storage of large files.
>
>
> I can easily move the data I have on D to E, leaving me
> a D drive that's empty for all intents and purposes.
>
> Assuming that is what I want to do, and that I have a Ubuntu
> CD,
>
> what precisely do I do to set up Ubuntu and NOT mess up my VISTA setup and
> be able to boot at start up into either?
>
> Thanks.
>
>