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james kilty wrote: > Works with xp. Second time, with the second option (Dell laptop). I have > done it elsewhere and defragged several times as it put files all over > the place. Once they were in as sensible a place as I thought I could > get (all in the first half of the disc) I went ahead with the > partitioning. And back up first to cover yourself. > I've installed Ubuntu 7.04 on an XP system to dual-boot. Took it off almost immediately for two reasons: 1. It kept insisting there were faults with the file system it had only just created itself and kept 'fixing' the same faults every single boot. I *did* shut the system down properly, so obviously I got tired of that behaviour very quickly. 2. There was no way to customise the install. Xandros by default gives me a custom option so I can pick and choose which additional software to install. I can then even save those choices to a floppy disk to make future installs even faster. Ubuntu seems to put everything in whether I like it or not. Not, in my case :) I may try the utility Rob mentioned to build my own custom Ubuntu ISO. However I shouldn't have to as this function is built into other distros. The only real reason to try Ubuntu is because it is a later kernel than the 2.6.11 that Xandros 3.0.2 ships with and possibly my video capture card will work better with it. Apparently from .12 onwards a couple of BTTV issues are fixed. Kind regards, Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html