I should add, I do intend to set it up as dual boot once I am more familiar
with it as an OS. My main objective was to try it out and the VB approach
suits me for now..
"Mac" <mac@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:9F9B9381-AF53-455B-A90C-C1AA39EB469D@microsoft.com...
>I gave up trying to get Ubuntu 7.04 installed from Live CD due to wireless
>problems. However I do now have it installed in VirtualBox on Vista and it
>works fine... (sees my network as wired through Vista which handles it as
>wireless).
>
> http://www.virtualbox.org/
>
> I have a tread here which explains where I am at...
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=473965
>
> "Ed" <ebailey@mts.net> wrote in message
> news:F4E74B10-FC9C-4921-B5C4-BD9AAEB37FB8@microsoft.com...
>> Has anyone installed Ubuntu 7.04 as a dual boot system with Vista
>> Premium? On a ACER laptop, I'm impressed with this release, as a Live CD
>> it recognized both my external wireless mouse and the wireless internet
>> router. I know previous Ubuntu releases had laptop problems with
>> wireless. I also like the new look of Ubuntu and will consider setting it
>> up dual boot on one of my XP computers. Just go to Ubuntu website,
>> they'll send you a free CD.
>>