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On Mon, 14 May 2007 12:57:33 +0100 Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: > > Update: these pages look particularly useful: > > > > http://ungeeking.net/2007/04/09/dual-boot-vista-and-ubuntu/ > > "create some space on your drive for your linux install. I used Vista's > > Disk Manager (Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Create and > > format hard disk partitions under the Administrative Tools area) > *gulp* letting Microsoft do partitioning on a live HD? > > *coughbackupfirstcough* Yes, it's just a ruse really. Let M$ trash the partition table so that only Ubuntu can be installed because OEM's don't give users the actual installation media to recover Vista. ;-) Who cares how the free space is created? If the Vista partition is borked by the Vista partition tool then it's just more room for Ubuntu. :-) The second link did provide a Ubuntu tool to do the partitioning. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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