Ed wrote:
> Thank you for the courteous reply, I've registered at your vista site.
> My major complaint with Vista is Messenger, video works, no sound or
> audio, along with 100's of others, nothing ACER or on the newsgroups
> works. I've tried about every version of Linux there is, well to me it
> seems like every version, everyone except Ubuntu has given me real
> headaches. I'll have to work out details of creating a partition for it
> on the laptop, any recommendations on doing that? I've a 160 gig set as
> C: & D:, using D: for data.
> Nice to see a fellow Canadian so involved in helping others.
> Take care.
All you need to do is set the BIOS so that your CDROM boots first, slip
in the Ubuntu CD and Ubuntu will push Windows aside and create it's own
space.
Easy as pie.
Once you have it installed and updated, open Firefox and you will see
links for help and support.
When you boot again, you will get a choice to boot into Windows or Ubuntu.
Alias
>
> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
> news:83C6CA85-94A1-4881-9075-434F6CE534A0@microsoft.com...
>> I have it set up as a dual boot with Vista Business on an Acer laptop
>> as well. The wireless took about half a day of tweaking to get to
>> work. That was easier than most versions of Linux. It is the first
>> version of Ubuntu that I may leave on my computer. I'm more of a
>> Fedora fan normally.
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>
>>
>> "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.
>>>
>>
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