Thanks for the information, I've only did installs on bare Hard drives
before.
Take care.
"Alias" <alsofound@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
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> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>>