sourav123
Thinking Different
Hi,
Finally I have accumulated the courage to install Linux on my HP Laptop. I have downloaded Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 from the Ubuntu website and burnt it onto a CD. Now I need a few help from experienced Linux users here regarding the installation.
I have a single hard disk of 120 GB which was originally partitioned into two volumes. One 115 GB main volume where vista is installed and another 5 GB volume which has the HP recovery partition. I have used the Vista disk management utility and shrunk the main 115 GB volume to 105 GB, thus having about 10 GB unallocated space for Ubuntu install.
Now my question is will Ubuntu detect the Vista installation automatically? Or more specifically, if I go ahead with the usual Ubuntu installation steps, will GRUB recognize Vista when I restart the system after successful installation of Ubuntu or do I need to do something special for this. I know that for Win XP, Ubuntu used to detect the windows OS normally but I am not sure about Vista.
Please help me on this because I have finally decided to switch to linux leaving windows behind. I am planning to do it tomorrow itself.
Regards,
Sourav
Finally I have accumulated the courage to install Linux on my HP Laptop. I have downloaded Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 from the Ubuntu website and burnt it onto a CD. Now I need a few help from experienced Linux users here regarding the installation.
I have a single hard disk of 120 GB which was originally partitioned into two volumes. One 115 GB main volume where vista is installed and another 5 GB volume which has the HP recovery partition. I have used the Vista disk management utility and shrunk the main 115 GB volume to 105 GB, thus having about 10 GB unallocated space for Ubuntu install.
Now my question is will Ubuntu detect the Vista installation automatically? Or more specifically, if I go ahead with the usual Ubuntu installation steps, will GRUB recognize Vista when I restart the system after successful installation of Ubuntu or do I need to do something special for this. I know that for Win XP, Ubuntu used to detect the windows OS normally but I am not sure about Vista.
Please help me on this because I have finally decided to switch to linux leaving windows behind. I am planning to do it tomorrow itself.
Regards,
Sourav