On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:06:19 -0400 William Douglas <william at wb4whd.com> wrote:
> Andy, > > In order to properly install dual boot with XP and Ubuntu you need > to split the hard drive using a partition utility and then format > the empty partition as FAT32 to install ubuntu to it. Ubuntu cannot > set up on a NTFS drive which is XP's default file structure. > > Bill WB4WHD > > On Oct 17, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Andy obrien wrote: > > > I was bored last evening (bands bad) and thought I should try > > linux . So, I attempted to install a dual boot system of Windows > > XP and Ubuntu 9.04. It failed since the partitioner did not give > > the usual "side-by-side" option . Had to use a rescue CD to get > > Windows back. I'll try again tonight , if I get bored again. > > > > That leads to my question, are there any substantial differences in > > the Linux alpha versions of Fldigi versus the Windows versions ? > > > > Andy K3UK Bill I know you have more experience with Linux than I do, but the step you describe is not necessary. Andy you may want to look here for some guidance :: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/i386/index.html or here :: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Ubuntu-9-04-110794.shtml Be nice if you had a 2nd hard drive to use. That makes installing Linux a breeze. And to answer your question, I would say there is no real difference in the fldigi versions. At least not that anyone but a hard core user would notice. Ed W3NR
