Re: Installing Ubuntu

>You can install it to the partition, but I don't think you can do it if

it is formatted in NTFS.

Apparently not, I could not even get the CD to run in my home machine, although it worked perfectly in my work machine.

I will try it on a couple of other computers over the weekend, I should have a spare hard drive lying around or I could create a FAT32 partition on an existing one.

Does this mean that Ubuntu (or any other flavour of Linux) cannot read & write to a NTFS-formatted disk? Not a big problem, just wondering.

-Eric
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Wyatt M. Portendt wrote:
> You can install it to the partition, but I don't think you can do it if
> it is formatted in NTFS. No, Linux is intelligent software and it can
> be installed before or after XP. The Windows 9.x versions needed to be
> installed first (I know, there are ways around it, but I'm talking real
> world) but the later Windows can be installed before or after a Linux
> installation. Be aware that if you install XP last, though, it may
> corrupt your Linux bootloader. Make that on a floppy to be safe once
> you have your Ubuntu running.
>
>; Eric wrote:
>
>>; Hi Martha,
>>
>> All this talk re Ubuntu got me keen, so I downloaded it (700Mb), burnt a
>>; CD and tried running it from the CD.
>>
>> Impressions:
>>
>> I like it! It's so *easy*! Unless you knew it was Linux, you would
>>; probably look upon it as a slightly different (improved :>)) version of
>>; Windows. I connected to the internet immediately, Ubuntu recognised my
>>; router settings automatically, and away I went. Open Office is included
>>; on the CD (unless it found the copy I already had on my hard drive, not
>>; sure...) and it even recognized some of my "My Document" files. Pretty
>>; amazing!
>>
>> Go for it, I will now be dedicating a computer to it, I like it a lot,
>>; very easy for a dummy (Me!!) to use, and looks good as well.
>>
>> Question for the Boffins: Can I install it on a separate partition,
>>; seeing that I already have XP installed on this machine, or do I have to
>>;
>

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Some flavors of Linux can read NTFS with mixed reliability, but no Linux
that I'm aware of will write to NTFS.

Eric wrote:
> >You can install it to the partition, but I don't think you can do it if
>
> it is formatted in NTFS.
>
> Apparently not, I could not even get the CD to run in my home machine, although it worked perfectly in my work machine.
>
> I will try it on a couple of other computers over the weekend, I should have a spare hard drive lying around or I could create a FAT32 partition on an existing one.
>;
> Does this mean that Ubuntu (or any other flavour of Linux) cannot read & write to a NTFS-formatted disk? Not a big problem, just wondering.
>
>
> -Eric
> That Guy in South Africa...
> **************************************
> Vintage Tube Hobby Group:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vintage_tube/
>
> **************************************
>
>
>
> Wyatt M. Portendt wrote:
>> You can install it to the partition, but I don't think you can do it if
>>; it is formatted in NTFS. No, Linux is intelligent software and it can
>>; be installed before or after XP. The Windows 9.x versions needed to be
>>; installed first (I know, there are ways around it, but I'm talking real
>>; world) but the later Windows can be installed before or after a Linux
>>; installation. Be aware that if you install XP last, though, it may
>>; corrupt your Linux bootloader. Make that on a floppy to be safe once
>>; you have your Ubuntu running.
>>
>> Eric wrote:
>>
>>;> Hi Martha,
>>>;
>>;> All this talk re Ubuntu got me keen, so I downloaded it (700Mb), burnt a
>>;> CD and tried running it from the CD.

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Eric
Linux-Ubuntu can READ NTFS and Read and Write FAT32.
There is a Bata package to Write to NTFS. One hidden reason behind NTFS
was to prevent Linux from using it. Linux cannot "INSTALL" to any flavor
of FAT32 or NTFS. It sees FAT32 as a partition to delete and install on.
It will resize an NTFS partition, or Delete it. I do not understand the
Install part. Ubuntu and Linux must format the drive, say in ext3.

Gregory D. Watts
www.tasanacomputers.com
Tasana Computers/931-823-2221
CompTIA A+/IT Pro Member/PCRT/PCO

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>;You can install it to the partition, but I don't think you can do it
if

it is formatted in NTFS.

Apparently not, I could not even get the CD to run in my home machine,
although it worked perfectly in my work machine.

I will try it on a couple of other computers over the weekend, I should
have a spare hard drive lying around or I could create a FAT32 partition
on an existing one.

Does this mean that Ubuntu (or any other flavour of Linux) cannot read &
write to a NTFS-formatted disk? Not a big problem, just wondering.

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