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Originally Posted by daffy4u
You can change the OS. The HP I bought had a Linux OS as a choice (don't remember which distribution). I'm going to dual boot mine with WinXP Pro and Windows 7.
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
GeoffC - No problem! I did it, and if a complete Linux klutz like me can do it, you can. Here is all it takes...
Download your ISO of Ubuntu. Download a program called Unetbootin - it comes in Windows and Linux flavors. Run Unetbootin. It'll ask you for your ISO, and then converts it to a Flash Card boot version. Slap the flash card into the netbook, and execute it like any other distro load.
Now I got fussy. I wanted to keep the Windows drive intact. So I bought a cheap (US $35) 80 GB, 2.5 hard drive from Newegg, and loaded Ubuntu 9.04 to a virgin drive. Worked perfectly. No problem even with the internet.
Now I still had problems making certain packages work, but that's my personal Linux ignorance, not anything wrong with the load.
That's all it takes.....(And Unetbootin will work with any ISO)
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Don't get me wrong, I know this stuff - but seems daft to install a 'free' OS onto a new laptop that has a paid for OS on it - that's my immediate concern.
Did a successful dual boot onto my PC.
Thought I'd be clever and do a sole Ubuntu install on an old lappie. Process removed XP and forgot to install Ubuntu. Now lappie insists with no OS, no booting up .... I fear the disc partitioning has exposed existing HDD problems and the poor thing has died on me.....though i'm still persevering with one or two options to see if I can do "CPR" on it....