Dual Boot Linux

Hello,

I am a new member and i like your forum very much

I 've just purchased an ACER ASPIRE ONE 532H-2223 netbook and i am very happy with it

Since i am a Linux user and i cannot stand the Win7 starter, i would like to install Linux.

I am familiar with all the partitioning methods in Linux but i dont 've much experience in Windows.

So i believe i need to create a new partition using GParted or Partition magic for Linux, then install my Linux Distro from a pen drive, but when it is asking me where the grub should be installed ?

I choose MBR ?, does it cause any problem to the recovery partition, because i 've read in the forum that Acer has its own boot manager other than windows ?

Please help because i dont want to mess my 2 days netbook!!!!

 

Placing grub in the MBR should not cause any problems with the recovery partition. In fact, grub should detect the recovery partition and place it among the list of bootable partitions in the menu it displays for you.

 

Just a suggestion in case you think you may ever want to go back to a "pure" Windows box?

1. make a copy of the recovery DVDs from the partition before you begin.
2. Download and make a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD and store it alongside the recovery DVDs

Grub will overwrite the MBR and even if you delete the Linux partitions to 'start over' you'll probably end up with a grub error when you try to reboot your newly reccovered Windows system. The UBCD contains a tool to rewrite 'standard' code to the MBR since it's nearly impossible to find the fdisk command to do a simple fdisk /mbr.

 

I am concidering switching to Linpus lite as well! II tried it on my desktop computer and feel it looks very promissing for my
newly purcased Aspire One 10 inch with Windows 7! Since I want to try it first is there a tutorial for a newbie on how to install a dual boot Linpus/Widows 7 system on this laptop?? I have setup Mandriva/Windows XP dualboot sucessfully on my desktop but I'm not sure about Linpus. Seems too simple to me and did not notice advanced boot or bootloader options the last time I tried it. Yes I want Linpus! I love the simple gui desktop with the option toswitch to the regular screen or desktop

 

Do you have a specific site where dual boot instructions are provided? Would like to give Ubuntu or Solaris a try.

 

Try an Ubuntu live CD. The Ubuntu site has instructions for creating a bootable USB stick from the iso file if you don't have an external CD drive. If you want to install Ubuntu, it will automatically set you up to dual boot