Matador
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I think it's also possible to install grub on a USB stick, set to boot from a partition on a fixed HDD, right? That would be the most minimally invasive installation he can do.
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The Documentary Sound Guy
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Perhaps. I think ease of use is as much a requirement as invasiveness, so I wouldn't have recommended a non-standard setup for the bootloader.
My preferred approach would be to use the BIOS boot selection to dual boot, and have Ubuntu on a completely separate drive. Disconnect the Windows disk entirely so it can't be accidentally written to, install Ubuntu on a new drive, then reconnect, and use the BIOS to choose which drive / OS to boot from.
My preferred approach would be to use the BIOS boot selection to dual boot, and have Ubuntu on a completely separate drive. Disconnect the Windows disk entirely so it can't be accidentally written to, install Ubuntu on a new drive, then reconnect, and use the BIOS to choose which drive / OS to boot from.
totoxraymond
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I installed a dual boot on my laptop. Installing ubuntu on an existing windows drive is quite easy, but do backup your windows first.
The hardest part as I remember has been to migrate my oem w10 license to the new ssd first. And then to uninstall all windows crap. So it took me at least a day to set up a windows boot that I barelly use (only for live sound utilities like setting up amps dsp...) while ubuntu took something like 10 minutes for a system that I use every day.
Go figure...
Thomas
The hardest part as I remember has been to migrate my oem w10 license to the new ssd first. And then to uninstall all windows crap. So it took me at least a day to set up a windows boot that I barelly use (only for live sound utilities like setting up amps dsp...) while ubuntu took something like 10 minutes for a system that I use every day.
Go figure...
Thomas
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Running Debian since 1999, it was a pretty steep learning curve. 486DX4, 128Mb RAM, 1 boot floppy and 13 other floppies got me a black screen with a flashing cursor. Felt like being back in 1982. Turns out it was the only OS with integrity. It was able to connect to a dial-up server, all command-line.
Three nights of downloading on a 56K modem through the phone system at work (data was expensive back then) and weeks of setting up config-files and selecting apps in ASCII-graphics interfaces, supported by the gracious geeks on the debian mailing-list. The joy and pride of a working GUI.
Later, I built a fanless PentiumII. Never switched it off in a year. That was outrageous in 2001...
These days, it's a whole other deal. I've forgotten most of the bash I learned back then. Install is a 45min deal, everything just works. And I've also almost forgotten the tedium of Windows, the nagging, the wait for updates, the virus-scare. Linux updates while I'm doing other stuff, it has memory integrity, never crashes, is immune to vira and other nasties.
Using the last good Thinkpads: X220 as daily runner (2011) and a luggable W540 for the bigger screen. Tried a few newer models: flimsy screens, shoddy build, keyboards fall apart. But that's a whole other rant...
Cheers, happy New Year!
Three nights of downloading on a 56K modem through the phone system at work (data was expensive back then) and weeks of setting up config-files and selecting apps in ASCII-graphics interfaces, supported by the gracious geeks on the debian mailing-list. The joy and pride of a working GUI.
Later, I built a fanless PentiumII. Never switched it off in a year. That was outrageous in 2001...
These days, it's a whole other deal. I've forgotten most of the bash I learned back then. Install is a 45min deal, everything just works. And I've also almost forgotten the tedium of Windows, the nagging, the wait for updates, the virus-scare. Linux updates while I'm doing other stuff, it has memory integrity, never crashes, is immune to vira and other nasties.
Using the last good Thinkpads: X220 as daily runner (2011) and a luggable W540 for the bigger screen. Tried a few newer models: flimsy screens, shoddy build, keyboards fall apart. But that's a whole other rant...
Cheers, happy New Year!
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