The proper name of the OS is Ubuntu. You will have to install Windows first and after that Ubuntu, and when you finished the installation of Ubuntu GRUB (a small program that boots and handles witch OS too boot from - it is installed automatically by Ubuntu) will prompt or if the two partitions are on different HDDs you will have to change the HDD from witch the PC boots.
And next time, when you try to find a guide for Ubuntu, don`t search for the general keyword "Linux" because Ubuntu is not the whole Linux, Ubuntu is a distribution of Linux, more precisely of Debian. And also don`t forget to place in the keywords the version of Ubuntu and the architecture of your PC when searching for help.
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Thank you for you explanation, do I need to have three logical partitions, 1 ROOT (3G aprox ) 2 SWAP (256mb aprox) 3 HOME whatevers left in this case about 36G,
Does the linux boot loader get installed on the Root Partition? If you think the partition amounts are wrong and have a better guide line then please guide me.
I am concerned with this statement from the link in post 1 "Step 8. When installing Linux, its best that LiLo (the boot loader) is installed to the root superblock (boot sector equivalent) of the Linux partition, not the Master Boot Record (MBR). You can let the setup modify the MBR, but if you reinstall Windows, Linux will be rendered inaccessible. Don’t forget to create a boot diskette!"
"P.S.: I can give you assistance through MSN Messenger if you are polite enough" Hmmm what am I supposed to make of that
Well, things are not going well on the Ubuntu front, I tried it out and failed, I partitioned my partition drive V to give me 3 drives V, X & Y, X being the root and Y being the swap and V being the spare space(home), put in the Ubuntu cd, and it loads up, I select install and the round install sign comes on and I get the orange loading bar for abut a min then WAM, black screen comes up with this.
"Busy box v1.1.3(debain 1:1.1.3-3ubuntu3) built n (asp) Enter help bla bla bla"
/bin/sh: cant access hy; job control turned off (initramfs)
so I type in help and get this lot
:alias bg break cd chdir command continue echo eval exec exit exsport false fg getpots hash hlp jobs kill let local pwd read readonly return set shifttimes trap true unlimit umask unalias unset wait [ [ [ ash base name busy box catchmod chroot chvt clear cmp cp cut deal locvt dumpkmap eco egrep nv expr false fbset fdflush fgrep grep host name ifconfig ip kill in loadfont loadmap is mkdir mkfifo mknod mkswap mktemp more mount mv openvt print f ps pwd readlink reset rm rmdir sed set keycodes sh sleepsort stat sync tail tee tosh tuch tr true lty umount uname uniq yes.
W.T.F.
Is all that about? I delete the partitions so I only have "V" empty and try to boot into ubuntu again to try and run the trial through the disc which I have done in the past but WAM same thing again, what is going on, my XP is fine but I cant load the Ubuntu installer anymore.