Chad Harris wrote:
> 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
> news:uVg7oELkHHA.744@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> ...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.
>>
>>
>
Thanks. I cleaned off my "D" drive, and ubuntu installed itself on that.
I played with it for about 10 minutes, and the only anomaly I noticed
was that my HP printer would print what I sent to it, but I had to hit
the "check" button on the printer for it to complete printing and move
the paper out. Weird