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Written by Dave
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 Soon after I got the computer up & running, I started to experience my i/net connection dropping on a regular basis. I had a chat to my Karoo, my ISP (I know – but living in Hull I don't have much any choice as to who I connect with.
The upshot was that a few days later I took delivery of a shiny new ethernet router. As my old USB modem was the thing stopping me from moving to Ubuntu, I decided that now was the time to take the plunge. I burnt myself an Installation ISO disc from the Ubuntu website, and set about turning my computer into a duel-boot machine.
Installing a second Operating System is a fairly straightforward process, and for the most part is easier than installing XP. However it is important to follow the instructions carefully, particularity when it come to partitioning the Hard Disk.
I installed Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) with XP Home. This meant that I got to the partition section I had to choose the 'manual option', and think very carefully about the sizes of the partition. This was a bit  daunting, but once I read these instructions, and followed them, it was remarkable easy. I guess that it was slightly easier as I had the instructions up on a 2nd computer. Remember once you start the installation process you can't stop, boot into Windows to read the instructions, and go back to where you left off. If you stop, you have to abort the installation, which means that you have to start back at the beginning again.
If you don't have, or can't borrow a 2nd computer for a couple of hours, it is necessary to print off all the instructions, but personally I found it a lot easier to have everything up on a 2nd screen, plus it is great to have the reassurance that you can't forget to print off that one vital page of the instructions.
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