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On Mon, 07 May 2007 10:08:22 -0400, Harry Krause wrote:

> ...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.

First, defrag your MS partitions. Next boot the Ubuntu install disk and
use the included utility to make room - shrink and move partitions.
Continue with the install and let Ubuntu set up the dual boot for you.
Note - you should plan on two partitions for Ubuntu - one swap partition
about twice RAM and a root (/) partition - should probably be 10gb or more
to allow for expansion.

If you clear a drive then you can simply tell Ubunut to do it's thing on
that drive. Also note that Linux counts drives and partitions in a logical
manner, unlike MS - I mean where is C, where is D . . . For Linux, the
primary controller master drive is hda, primary slave is hdb, secondary
controller master is hdc, secondary slave is hdd. Partitions on each drive
are numbered 1 to whatever.