How to dual boot Ubuntu 7.04 with Windows Vista already installed

Frank Bright wrote:

> I'm late coming in here, but Ah-hum,...I've done this, so I know it can
> work.
> I did it last night actually. I already had Vista running on my gateway
> laptop and wanted to
> set up a dual boot with Ubuntu.
>
> (Note to Vista forum: Pardon these references to Ubuntu, but this process
> is also very informative on using newer Vista capabilities in setting up
> partitions)
>
> Ironies of ironies: A nice fellow on the Ubuntu forum strictly warned me
> NOT to let Ubuntu do the partitioning, but to let Vista do it. So do it
> ahead of time. And it worked for me. Here's how...
>
> In Vista, Right-Click on My Computer, choose 'Manage'. Click 'Disk
> Management'. There you can set up partitions, delete them, extend or
> shrink volumes of existing ones (NTFSs only).
> You'll need at least 3 partitions, one for Vista, one as a Swap, and one
> for Ubuntu. But there's no need to format the Ubuntu partition
> nor the swap partition, since you can easily manage the Ubuntu Install to
> do that. And anyways, you're going to want to let the Ubuntu Install
> format its partition as an 'Ext3' format.
>
> - Your Ubuntu partition needs to be only 1.5 to 2 GB in size to work
> - The Swap partitions needs (if memory serves, pun intended) only 256 MB
> of space.
> Set up your mounts as follows during the install: Your Root upon which
> Ubuntu is installed gets a '/' mount - swap I think gets a "/swap" mount
> and Vista gets "/windows"
>
> After the setup, upon restarting, Vista will automatically bring up a boot
> menu, giving you a choice of which OS to boot up with.
> Good Luck, Frank
>
Follow Bright's suggestions and you'll certainly be screwed. Just let Ubuntu
handle the install and go with the default partition sizes it uses.

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