ubuntu boot up!

Discussion in 'Acer Aspire One' started by yimer999, Jan 14, 2009.

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    yimer999

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    here is my issue i want to be able to dual boot on my aspire but its only the 8gb... so can i dual boot ubuntu and windows xp on that small of a hard drive? or is there a solution like booting off of a sd card or external hard drive?
     
    yimer999, Jan 14, 2009
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    8GB is enough if you nlite an xp disc. Ubuntu can fit in 4gigs anyway, so just install xp such as the one in my sig which will take much less space than the full install, and a full version of ubuntu (where you can then remove packages that you don't need).
     
    mmad, Jan 14, 2009
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    ty now i just need to parishon the hard drive
     
    yimer999, Jan 15, 2009
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