Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu to dual-boot (partition sizes)

2007-09-01 Thread Tony Arnold
Mark, On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 22:55 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: > Tony Arnold wrote: > >> I don't have any data on the laptop other than "backups / local cached > >> copies", if you see what I mean. > >> > >> The question is "where did I put the Dell system recovery CD", of course > >> - re-instal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu to dual-boot (partition sizes)

2007-08-31 Thread Mark Harrison
Tony Arnold wrote: >> I don't have any data on the laptop other than "backups / local cached >> copies", if you see what I mean. >> >> The question is "where did I put the Dell system recovery CD", of course >> - re-installing XP-MCE on the beast would be the annoying part of the >> exercise :-)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu to dual-boot (partition sizes)

2007-08-31 Thread Tony Arnold
Mark, On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 19:49 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > (Obviously make backups of anything valuable first, as you would for any > > major invasive exercise like installing an OS.) > > > > I don't have any data on the laptop other than "backups / local cached >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu to dual-boot (partition sizes)

2007-08-31 Thread Mark Harrison
Colin Watson wrote: > (Obviously make backups of anything valuable first, as you would for any > major invasive exercise like installing an OS.) > I don't have any data on the laptop other than "backups / local cached copies", if you see what I mean. The question is "where did I put the Dell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu to dual-boot (partition sizes)

2007-08-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 06:25:13PM +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: > I've only ever installed Ubuntu as the only O/S on PCs before, but I do > need the laptop to be able to run Windows Media Centre from time to > time, so dual-boot is the way to go. > > I have an 80Gb HDD, with 40+Gb free at the mom

[ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu to dual-boot (partition sizes)

2007-08-31 Thread Mark Harrison
Hi all, I've only ever installed Ubuntu as the only O/S on PCs before, but I do need the laptop to be able to run Windows Media Centre from time to time, so dual-boot is the way to go. I have an 80Gb HDD, with 40+Gb free at the moment... so in principle could re-partition down, to give, say, 2