unix instead of ms

311

Can I load unix onto a machine with Xp already installed
I have a dual boot on a machine already ,could i install unix on it.

Thanks

Brian.

Red Alert

what are you dual booting xp with?

311

I have a machine with a dual xp home boot on it at the moment.
i don't use one at all ,so i was thinking of installing unix on it.

Steveire

You probably want to install ubuntu linux. You can tell it to format and use on of the partitions during the installation.

311

Really appreciate that steveire ,I almost begun to download fedora

Hoping this will be a good thing.
Don't want to regret not trying it .

Thanks

Brian.

Hal1

have you more than one parition, if not you may lose some data, ive seen a few pcs with dualboot to differant windows folders winnt and windows and winxp for example

make sure you do a backup no matter

311

Hal1 wrote:

have you more than one parition, if not you may lose some data, ive seen a few pcs with dualboot to differant windows folders winnt and windows and winxp for example

make sure you do a backup no matter

I do ,the only thing I have to check is the boot.ini file and make sure I don't overwrite the root drive

Hopefully it will be ok ,I might try and get a copy of linux in marx computers though ,because I'm afraid that if i download ,there will be a bad checksum or something.

Fingers are crossed.

Brian.

DemonOfTheFall

Download the ".md5" file with it. Put it in the same folder as your download.

http://www.quickpar.org.uk/Download-0.9.1.0.htm download this and install it.

Open the .md5 file. Quickpar will scan the file and make sure that the file is as it should be. No worries then!

311

Hello,it's me again

I just finished downloading ubuntu 6 ,and I'm burning it right now.
My question is an akward one ,but you might understand .

When I put in the last hard drive ,I had to install windows on it first to get the extra gigabytes as the installation only picked up on 160 or something.
I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about.
I'm wondering if I can install ubuntu on this partition ,or will I cause trouble by doing that .
Also ,will ubunutu recognize windows and let windows pick a spot for it's installation ,or do I have to try and guide it in myself???

Thanks

Brian.

311

Thanks to those who have helped ,
I'm actually using it for this log on ,amazingly easy to install.
I like the way ubuntu can run from the disc without installing onto the hard drive.

Also the workspace buttons are brilliant ,great stuff

Looks like this will keep me going for a good while.

Brian.

philologos

yeah I like Dapper as well nice and friendly interface

311

I use to get the odds and ends I needed at Zdnet ,for utils etc.

Wheres good for bits and pieces for unbuntu.??
It's updating itself at the moment ,about 87 mb's of updates

Brian.

philologos

just search for what you need in Synaptic Package Manager, it connects to the internet to download open source software

steveland?

_Brian_ wrote:

I use to get the odds and ends I needed at Zdnet ,for utils etc.

Wheres good for bits and pieces for unbuntu.??
It's updating itself at the moment ,about 87 mb's of updates

Brian.

www.ubuntuguide.org

Indispensable for Ubuntu

311

I'm using it now since earlier today ,something has the better of me .

I've downloaded codec files and eventually found out how to get the files into the usr/lib/win32 directory.
But it still won't work .

I've tried loads of websites ,is there any site that is good at helping with installing the codecs in ubuntu ,so I can listen to mp3's.

I'm happy with the OS and the way it works ,it's better to think about things I think when using a computer.

Cheers.

Brian.

steveland?

_Brian_ wrote:

I'm using it now since earlier today ,something has the better of me .

I've downloaded codec files and eventually found out how to get the files into the usr/lib/win32 directory.
But it still won't work .

I've tried loads of websites ,is there any site that is good at helping with installing the codecs in ubuntu ,so I can listen to mp3's.

I'm happy with the OS and the way it works ,it's better to think about things I think when using a computer.

Cheers.

Brian.

Again www.ubuntuguide.org has a step by step guide for installing codecs:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_install_Multimedia_Codecs

Make sure to read the How To Install Extra Repositories guide first:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_add_extra_repositories

Rollo Tamasi

i always had a problem with codecs with Ubuntu. The only media player that ever worked properly for me was MPlayer w/Firefox.

Most check out that Ubuntu Wiki

steveland?

I used the guide to install xine and then the guide to install the codecs. Everything plays for me now other than WMV (but sure we don't need that do we )

scojones

steveland? wrote:

I used the guide to install xine and then the guide to install the codecs. Everything plays for me now other than WMV (but sure we don't need that do we )

VLC plays WMV's.