Question #78140 on Ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78140
Tom proposed the following answer: If you put the Ubuntu Cd in the cd/dvd-drive and reboot the machine you should get to a mneu with an option to "Try Ubuntu without changes to this machine", if not here's a helpful guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD Choosing the "Try Ubuntu ... " default option should get you to a working desktop which we call a "LiveCd session", if it works. The LiveCd session is great for as a demo but more importantly in this case it's great for finding out what opportunities we have to maximise performance and stability. Also it should pick-up on your internet connection so firefox should work from it's top taskbar :) However anything you 'save' to the desktop or the normal Documents and such-like will be forgotten when you reboot (although you can create a persistent image if you must) - You can still save things to the hard-drive through the "Places" menu and such-like. In a LiveCd session please go up to the top taskbar and click on Applications - Accessories - Terminal Into the terminal/command window/console type sudo fdisk -l and paste the results into here if you would like us to suggest possible good ways to layout your partitions. It would also be handy if you could go up to the top taskbar and click on System - Administration - Partition Editor and just let us know the sizes of those partitions and unallocated spaces in Gb (or Mb). Gparted is very powerful and can make everything go horribly wrong quite quickly so it's best to avoid pressing "Apply" unless you are certain about what you are doing. Tight now i'm only interested in using it to scout-out the layout of your drive so just close it without doing any of the actions it's capable of. Thanks, good luck and regards from Tom :) -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
