ubuntu help..

• mr_sotong

  21 Jun 07, 23:24

  mayi mei mei.. i'm plan to install ubuntu into my laptop..
  
  but i dont understand how this work..
  
  
  
  wat will happen if i choose the 1st option? wat will the program do if i move the slider bar to left/right?
  
  
  
  i'm dual booting with win xp..
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jun 07, 23:27

  First option will let you dual boot... but check properly. If do wrongly, you will wipe off XP. The slider is to set the disk space...
  
  Second option will just reformat and install Ubuntu.
  
  Third option is the same as first one, except there is no guidance.
• mr_sotong

  21 Jun 07, 23:32

  the slider show u the free disk space from both C:\ n D:\?
  
  or
  
  only C:\?
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jun 07, 23:33

  Unused partitions that you have... it will show C:\ drive also (if Windows is installed there), if you anyhow select, then there goes your XP...
• mr_sotong

  21 Jun 07, 23:36

  u mean it show the entire hard drive?
  
  so if i move the slider to the left tat mean lesser space for ubuntu?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jun 07, 23:37

  Originally posted by mr_sotong:

  u mean it show the entire hard drive?
  
  so if i move the slider to the left tat mean lesser space for ubuntu?

  Yup.
• mr_sotong

  21 Jun 07, 23:39

  
  then will it b fine if i partition around 13GB for ubuntu?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jun 07, 23:41

  No problems... it's more than the requirements.
• mr_sotong

  21 Jun 07, 23:44

  ok thanks mayi mei mei.. tats all for today..
  
  may haunt u for more problems tomorrow..
• lolxzxz

  22 Jun 07, 00:48

  wanna ask if u use dual booting how do u switch OS? use halfway can switch to another? or when u on com they will ask u?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jun 07, 08:00

  Originally posted by lolxzxz:

  wanna ask if u use dual booting how do u switch OS? use halfway can switch to another? or when u on com they will ask u?

  After BIOS is loaded, it will prompt you to select... if never select, by default it will boot up to Linux.
• lolxzxz

  24 Jun 07, 19:53

  Originally posted by mr_sotong:

  mayi mei mei.. i'm plan to install ubuntu into my laptop..
  
  but i dont understand how this work..
  
  
  
  wat will happen if i choose the 1st option? wat will the program do if i move the slider bar to left/right?
  
  
  
  i'm dual booting with win xp..

  how to install ? im stuck. i take the free cd they send to my hse then i put in n restart then press install alot of things come out as if overwriting xp like that i scared then i press the power button restart com. dun even haf that part as above.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  24 Jun 07, 20:00

  Originally posted by lolxzxz:

  how to install ? im stuck. i take the free cd they send to my hse then i put in n restart then press install alot of things come out as if overwriting xp like that i scared then i press the power button restart com. dun even haf that part as above.

  Boot up via the CD.
  
  Select the first option to run and install Ubuntu.
  
  This will run Ubuntu; the option to install Ubuntu is there after you boot up via the CD.
• lolxzxz

  24 Jun 07, 20:01

  Thanks
• mr_sotong

  24 Jun 07, 22:08

  i selected the 1st option.. but it told me it cannot partition my HD.. it directed me to the 3rd option.. how?
• mr_sotong

  25 Jun 07, 21:47

  mayi mei mei! i read some website tat ubuntu can b install in external HDD.. any comments abt tat?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  25 Jun 07, 21:49

  Originally posted by mr_sotong:

  i selected the 1st option.. but it told me it cannot partition my HD.. it directed me to the 3rd option.. how?

  That is most probably where Windows is installed...
  
  Use the third one. Remember, don't format the wrong one or Windows gone.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  25 Jun 07, 21:50

  Originally posted by mr_sotong:

  mayi mei mei! i read some website tat ubuntu can b install in external HDD.. any comments abt tat?

  Yeah... but make sure it's able to boot up... some motherboards can boot up via USB devices.
  
  A good idea if you don't want anything to go wrong.
• mr_sotong

  25 Jun 07, 21:57

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Yeah... but make sure it's able to boot up... some motherboards can boot up via USB devices.
  
  A good idea if you don't want anything to go wrong.

  but the website also said tat many user who install in external HDD will have a problem booting up to windows when the USB isn't plug in..
• ndmmxiaomayi

  25 Jun 07, 22:00

  Originally posted by mr_sotong:

  but the website also said tat many user who install in external HDD will have a problem booting up to windows when the USB isn't plug in..

  Because it's using the Linux grub loader (boot file)
  
  Without the grub loader, how to select Windows from the list of OS to boot up?
• mr_sotong

  25 Jun 07, 22:02

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Because it's using the Linux grub loader (boot file)
  
  Without the grub loader, how to select Windows from the list of OS to boot up?

  is there any solution to fix the problem?
• TehJarVu

  25 Jun 07, 22:03

  whao what is that...
• ndmmxiaomayi

  25 Jun 07, 22:05

  Originally posted by mr_sotong:

  is there any solution to fix the problem?

  Not that I know of, unless you install it on the hard disk itself.
• mr_sotong

  25 Jun 07, 23:19

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  That is most probably where Windows is installed...
  
  Use the third one. Remember, don't format the wrong one or Windows gone.

  can teach me how to use the 3rd option?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  26 Jun 07, 08:02

  Originally posted by mr_sotong:

  can teach me how to use the 3rd option?

  You provide screenshots... I can't tell just by looking.