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Thinking of Dual Booting Ubuntu

  • 01-05-2008 5:25pm
    #1
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,448 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey, so i've been using Ubuntu a bit on my computer via VMWare, i was thinking of setting up a dual boot as it seems quite decent for some stuff (web browsing, office stuff etc.)

    I currently have Vista, and there is no way i will be getting rid of it, i just want Ubuntu alongside it... Is there much work involved? How much hard drive should i dedicate for the Linux? Also, is it possible to share folders between the windows & linux OS's? (for documents & music and stuff).


    Could someone point me in the direction of a good guide or help me here please...

    Cheers


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  • #2
    NotMe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,287 ✭✭✭NotMe


    dulpit wrote: »
    I currently have Vista, and there is no way i will be getting rid of it, i just want Ubuntu alongside it... Is there much work involved?
    Basically you defragment, resize the Windows partition to make space for Ubuntu and then install it. Backup your files first just in case. You can do the partition resizing with the Ubuntu disk.
    http://www.easy-ubuntu-linux.com/resize-windows-partition.html

    How much hard drive should i dedicate for the Linux?
    How much have you got? I'd say 20GB+.
    Also, is it possible to share folders between the windows & linux OS's? (for documents & music and stuff).
    Yeah you can access all the files on your windows drives in ubuntu.


  • #3
    PogMoThoin
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    Vista can shrink itself, its a new feature. Just defrag 1st and shrink in disk management.

    I'd recommend a 5Gb for Ubuntu with another 10Gb+ for your home folder

    Ubuntu can mount ntfs volumes, just rightclick drive and click mount, but Vista will have trouble mounting an ext3 volume,You'll need to use software for this. Also there is the issue that Ubuntu although not affected itself by viruses, can infect Vista. You just need to be careful.


  • #4
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,448 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Ubuntu can mount ntfs volumes, just rightclick drive and click mount, but Vista will have trouble mounting an ext3 volume,You'll need to use software for this. Also there is the issue that Ubuntu although not affected itself by viruses, can infect Vista. You just need to be careful.

    Does this mean that you can easily access Windows stuff in Ubuntu, but not the other way around?


  • #5
    NotMe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,287 ✭✭✭NotMe


    You can install http://www.fs-driver.org/ in windows and it lets you assign a drive letter to your linux partition and access the files there.


  • #6
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,747 ✭✭✭niallb


    Read this page: WUBI.

    There's no need to get involved in shrinking partitions, or repartitioning your drive just now.
    This is designed to run from windows, installing ubuntu into a file (kind of like the vmware images you're used to),
    and adding a Boot Entry for itself to the windows boot manager.
    When Ubuntu boots up, it just uses that file instead of a full partition.


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