downloading Ubuntu

[NoobAtThis]

Can someone lease tell me how you do this part>Now that you have the Ubuntu install disc, pop in your spare hard drive (if you do not know how to do this, make a quick detour to the PC Mech Forums and you will have it done in no time) and put the install disc in your CD drive and lets get started.<

http://www.132solutions.com/ubuntu.p...install&page=2

Thx!

[glc]

Just like installing Windows - boot with the CD. A spare hard drive is suggested in case you already have Windows on the computer and don't want to wipe it - you can dual boot - leave the existing drive intact and install Ubuntu on the spare drive.

[NoobAtThis]

How do you install on the spare HDD though. Everything I install goes to HDD C and the HDD C only has 14GB...This has always been confusing to me...

[mikeL]

hard drives in linux wil not show up as C: or D: etc. They will show up as hda, hdb, hdc, these are for IDE drives, and serial drives show up as sda, sdb, etc.

hda = primary master
hdb = primary slave
hdc = secondary master
hdd = secondary slave

So, If you have a spare hard drive installed, your windows install will be on hda, and you will want to install linux onto another drive, be it hdb, hdc. When you get to the boot loader you want to overwrite the MBR on hda, so you have the choce of booting either linux or windows.

Mike

[faulkner132]

mike and glc are right.

The reason I used a spare hard drive for the guide is because most people have all the space on their primary hard drive partitioned for Windows use only. With a spare, there is no chance your Windows install will be corupt and you do not have to worry about using partitioning tools.

You can always install Ubuntu on the same drive as your Windows system, you just need to make sure you have at least 8-10 GB of unpartitioned space when you start.