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Dual Booting Kubuntu and Vista

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pcgamer321

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So, I decided I want to try Linux myself, but I don't want to lose my games or windows programs. So I decided to dual boot.

So, how do I know which one I should install first? Or does it not matter?
 
If you can install linux on a separate drive with the Vista drive unplugged, then use your BIOS boot order to boot from whichever drive you want. With an Asus mobo you just press F8 at POST to choose which drive to boot from without changing the boot order. If you install them on a separate drive like this you will be able to delete Linux easily if you don't like it.

If you must put them on the same drive install Vista first, then Linux so you can use the GRUB boot loader to boot from either OS.
 
Not necessarily, but if you install on the same drive GRUB will overwrite Vista's boot record. GRUB can be used to boot Vista, but Vista can't be used to boot Linux.
 
Originally posted by: pcgamer321
Ah, I see. So yea, don't want to make this anymore complicated.
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just use the wubi. Windows ubuntu based installer. Very simple and uses windows boot screen.

http://wubi-installer.org/

if you already downloaded ubuntu i think the wubi is on that disc too 🙂

best way to do it because you can uninstall it via windows if you want to get rid of it.

also you can run the kde from that install as well
 
Originally posted by: KeypoX
Originally posted by: pcgamer321
Ah, I see. So yea, don't want to make this anymore complicated.
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just use the wubi. Windows ubuntu based installer. Very simple and uses windows boot screen.

http://wubi-installer.org/

if you already downloaded ubuntu i think the wubi is on that disc too 🙂

best way to do it because you can uninstall it via windows if you want to get rid of it.

also you can run the kde from that install as well
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:Q
What?
No need to burn to disc? Thats the only thing holding me back right now, I got no discs!

Hmm.....interesting. How can an operating system just install like an application? I'm a bit confused here.
 
There are some disadvantages to using the wubi install method: (copied from wikipedia)
* Hibernation is not supported. [1]
* Wubi filesystem is more vulnerable to hard reboots (unplugging the power) than a normal filesystem.[1]
* Since Wubi installs Ubuntu on the same file partition as Windows, Ubuntu may see a slight degradation in performance over time due to FAT32/NTFS file fragmentation, which could be alleviated via defragging the disk.

Also I believe the next version (October) will come with support to install onto a usb memory stick. As I understand, you can make that happen with the current version but it'll take some doing on your part
 
How can an operating system just install like an application? I'm a bit confused here.
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It's a little black magic with loopback filesystems IIRC. Ubuntu mounts the Windows filesystem then gets it's root filesystem from a file inside of that filesystem, it makes installation and setup easier but performance probably won't be great and if you ever want to make it your primary OS you'll definately want to do a normal installation.
 
Lol, well I'm glad it seems easy. So, I'm just going to install Vista first, split my HDD in half, install Vista on one partition, then when thats done, install linux on the other partition. Shouldn't be too hard.

http://apcmag.com/vista_sp1_wo..._systems_microsoft.htm
Here it says Vista SP1 won't download if you don't have the Vista loader. So, could I just install SP1 before installing linux and everything should be fine?
 
Linux doesn't need more than 15GB, don't waste your disk space. Linux can write to NTFS partition, so all user data can be still on windows partition.
 
Originally posted by: postmortemIA
Linux doesn't need more than 15GB, don't waste your disk space. Linux can write to NTFS partition, so all user data can be still on windows partition.
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Really? I never new that! Alright, thanks!


Now, before I do this, I just need an answer to my question in my last post about SP1.
 
Originally posted by: postmortemIA
Linux doesn't need more than 15GB, don't waste your disk space. Linux can write to NTFS partition, so all user data can be still on windows partition.
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They have NTFS write support in the mainstream kernels now? Wow, I guess I haven't kept up.
 
I don't really want to install on a virtual machine, I'm just gonna dual boot. Anyway, I'm doing it today, reinstalling Vista first, getting SP1, then installing Kubuntu.

Now, I'm just trying to decide how to partition my drive.

I'm thinking 20 gigs for Kubuntu, and 300 for Vista.

Also, all user stuff can really just be stored on Vista, and still be read by Kubuntu?
 
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