On 7 April 2012 17:10, Alan Pope <alan.p...@canonical.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/04/12 15:40, Norman Silverstone wrote: >> I would like to have a go but need a little helpful advice, please. >> I have Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop computer and wondered if there is >> a simple way to install the version of Ubuntu to be tested along >> side the version I use. >> > > There is. Download the ISO, use USB startup disk creator to put it on > a USB stick, or burn the ISO to a CD/DVD. > > Boot off the USB stick or CD/DVD and then follow the prompts. one of > the options is to install side-by-side with your existing > installation. Choose that, job done.
If you choose that route does it give a choice on how much space to keep for the existing system? It is a long time since I tried it but I seem to remember then that it squashed my existing system down to the smallest it could and I later had to adjust the partitions sizes. Of course using this option is only valid if you have about 8GB spare on the disk. Also do make sure that you have everything backed up before starting. I imagine that, for example, a power fail during re-partitioning might be rather messy. Also Operator Error can be catastrophic when performing such actions. Colin > > Other options will allow you to "upgrade" or "overwrite". Don't choose > those if you absolutely want dual boot. > > Once installed the grub boot menu will show both installs. > > Cheeers, > - -- > Alan Pope > Engineering Manager > > Canonical - Product Strategy > +44 (0) 7973 620 164 > alan.p...@canonical.com > http://ubuntu.com/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPgGbiAAoJEMx6UFtfvV4wPdMH/0c0sjwShFT6qT9SlMcJbUcZ > 4zL0yCA3lB6MGTauvxkrdekdQAbSsNIzxu+xP7xo+XQNDC+2gY60PqLt3buwimEP > +fbjQ5f/qTLNBR4dBz8Qg5ulpQZqDMnIQ/FJR73ZSCsWR1xZI540kUyjeda2+yuW > 7MjSMTk0kn0FNTc4YGmdIHsK7c9pojceRcPqMYbAYI8aScm0ORyMVMQMqPtoXlOh > JJSu0fEmSz3Z+KwFr4yXFjtMpj2qv1lxRJhu/76pETtO72DG9miYtU2wkEgVwf+3 > IGioaa6aqG/jsnrIleIiHT2D06YevOuZ0Y/6Me+BUQh+okXVRhqIcGE1vwD/OMI= > =qvFL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- gplus.to/clanlaw -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
