On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:15:04 +1100, Hiddensoul (Mark Clohesy) <hiddensoul@twistedsouls.com> wrote:
You can shrink the windows partition and then install linux, this is how I usually install Ubuntu derivitives.. If you go the debian route here is a howto for dual booting http://www.aboutdebian.com/dualboot.htm
The main issue on the HP machine at the beginners workshop was that it was apparently running a UEFI BIOS, and none of us had set up a dual boot under these circumstances, so we were reluctant to blow away the boot loader without having a fallback plan. Towards the end, he was installing Ubuntu using wubi (ie, running a file system within the Windows one), which seemed like a safer path in the limited time left. Earlier on, they had removed one of the HP partitions because all four primary partitions were in use (though presumably they could have just created a secondary partition to solve that problem, and I thought under UEFI that it used GPT?). I'd be interested to hear of other people's experience doing this (dual boot under UEFI), and whether there were any hoops to jump through? Glenn -- pool.sks-keyservers.net 0xb1e82ec9228ac090