I am looking for a guide on how to install Ubuntu Linux as a second operating system (you know, so when I boot the computer, it will ask me which OS to boot?)
I own an MSi Wind Notebook running Windows XP Home SP3
My processor is Intel Atom (1.60GHz) with 2.0GB (actually 1.99GB) of RAM
Another note: This computer model does NOT have a CD drive, so please give me a DETAILED article/set of instructions on how to do it with a USB stick instead of CD-ROM, and then please post the link/s in your answer.
ez80227
March 16, 2010 at 10:48 pm
i’ve been trying this since windows ‘98 and linux 3.4. it never works as it’s supposed to and i use the multi boot aspect of the motherboard or a system manager like system commander instead.
however, there are plenty of articles on techrepublic regarding multiboot w/ linux if you wish.
whatapwrtrip
March 16, 2010 at 10:52 pm
ooh ooh! i know this! ok computer requirements – first link
wubi installer – second link
wui is the easy alternative for dling ubuntu
Bad bus driving wolf
March 16, 2010 at 11:22 pm
I haven’t done it myself, but here are two links showing how to do it. The second one is from uTube and seemed to be quite good.
Beryl 0.2.1/Linux Mint 7
March 17, 2010 at 12:16 am
Installing Ubuntu From A Windows System With Wubi
http://www.howtoforge.com/wubi_ubuntu_on_windows
LUg.
Waffletten
March 17, 2010 at 12:34 am
I have loaded dual Ubuntu/XP OS’s many times. Here is a good outline.
1.)Defrag XP. Then resize the XP partition using the disk management tool in XP (make it smaller). You need about 20 GB open space on your HDD. No need to format this unallocated space.
2.)Download the ubuntu 9.10 iso and copy to USB stick using unetbootin for windows.
3.)Put USB stick in computer, restart, and hit F12 to select the memory stick to boot.
4.)Select ‘install now” from the ubuntu menu.
5.)When it asks where to install ubuntu select “largest contiguous open disk region”. Do not use the “entire disk” option as it will overwrite XP.
6.)Install ubuntu. Update it and then install restricted drivers through terminal. In terminal type: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
7.)Reboot. You will now get a menu (GRUB) which allows you to select OS you would like to boot. Ubuntu will be on the top and XP on bottom (probably listed as windows on sda1). If you have a rescue partition you will have a entry for “XP on sda1″ for the rescue partition and “XP on sda2″ for the XP OS.
Hope that helps.