[GLLUG] got my laptop today!

[Benjamin Cathey]

>->> As for the installation itself, try the Ubuntu desktop CD first.  The part 
>->> of a dual boot installation  that always makes me the most nervous is 
>->> actually creating free space for your new partitions.  I'm not sure if 
>->> Feisty's installer does this yet for NTFS partitions.  In the past, I've 
>->> always been hesitant to trust in beta NTFS support for this operation, and 
>->> have created the free space with Partition Magic under windows.

Not sure - although I just installed Feisty on a windows machine - I used gparted to resize NTFS.  I have done this MANY times and it all works fine.  I even create a Fat32 Partition with a mount point /shared that I put all my mp3s, etc on so both OS's can use it.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Al Puzzuoli
[mailto:alpuzz at gmail.com]
To: linux users
[mailto:linux-user at egr.msu.edu]
Sent: Tue, 22 May 2007 18:43:16
-0400
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] got my laptop today!


>->> Hi Julie and all,
>->> 
>->> I guess jumping into the middle of a thread is a bit of an odd way to 
>->> introduce myself to the group, but I'm new to the area, new to this list, 
>->> and finally got a question that I actually know something about (grin).
>->> 
>->> I second the motion of going with Ubuntu, and for a new laptop, I would make
>->> 
>->> sure that you're using the latest version, Feisty Fawn-- I'll never know how
>->> 
>->> they come up with their names.
>->> 
>->> Do you prefer KDE over the Gnome desktop?  If you install Ubuntu rather than
>->> 
>->> Kubuntu, you'll be getting Gnome by default, and no KDE.
>->> 
>->> Does your laptop come with Windows preinstalled?  If so, do you have a 
>->> recovery disk or any other means to restore it to factory defaults just in 
>->> case?  if the answer is no, then you may want to consider burning yourself a
>->> 
>->> copy of the SystemRescueCD available here:
>->> http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
>->> 
>->> This CD contains among other things, a utility called partimage which is 
>->> similar in function to Ghost under Windows.  NTFS support in Partimage is 
>->> still in beta; However, you can try using it to back up your windows 
>->> partition.  the procedure will either finish successfully, or report that 
>->> the utility is unable to complete the process.  in either case, none of your
>->> 
>->> data will be compromised; So worst case scenario is that you lose a few 
>->> minutes of your time. Best case scenario, you have a valid image to restore 
>->> if things go wrong.
>->> 
>->> As for the installation itself, try the Ubuntu desktop CD first.  The part 
>->> of a dual boot installation  that always makes me the most nervous is 
>->> actually creating free space for your new partitions.  I'm not sure if 
>->> Feisty's installer does this yet for NTFS partitions.  In the past, I've 
>->> always been hesitant to trust in beta NTFS support for this operation, and 
>->> have created the free space with Partition Magic under windows.
>->> 
>->> Once you have your free space, the rest of the install is a piece of cake. 
>->> just answer a few simple questions about your region, your user name and 
>->> your keyboard, and then when the partitioner comes up, tell it to use the 
>->> largest continuous free space.
>->> 
>->> That should do it.
>->> 
>->> Good luck!
>->> 
>->> --Al
>->> 
>->> 
>->> PS.  Just curious, what kind of laptop is it?
>->> 
>->> 
>->> 
>->> 
>->> 
>->> 
>->> 
>->> 
>->> 
>->> 
>->> ----- Original Message ----- 
>->> From: "Julie Code" <jewels9321 at hotmail.com>
>->> To: <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
>->> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:14 PM
>->> Subject: [GLLUG] got my laptop today!
>->> 
>->> 
>->> > Hi Guys,
>->> >       I ended up getting my laptop from DHL today!!! I expected it to be 
>->> > here on thursday and acutally was here more than a week earlier than they 
>->> > originally said. I was wondering if someone could help me install a linux 
>->> > distro on there this thursday?  I am planning on dual booting XP and some 
>->> > linux distro.  Could anyone tell me a good distro, I like Kubuntu but it 
>->> > seems to crash a little more than the others, so I think I would like 
>->> > something like Kubuntu with the apt get install.  I know there is some 
>->> > things you have to do to dual boot like partitioning and so forth, so if 
>->> > anyone has the tools or maybe when I get home tonight Caleb could help me.
>->> >
>->> > Julie
>->> >
>->> >
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