[NTLUG:Discuss] Assistance with Dual boot Win2000 and Ubuntu, external wifi card

[Russ]

Hi to all.  I need help with this since I've never done a dual boot
and I'm relatively new to the Linux world.

I have inherited my wife's laptop with Win2K.  The company she worked
for insisted that the OS be setup on a small C partition (NTFS) with
the user accounts/data on the larger D partition (NTFS).  I had hopes
of using some of the space currently in the D partition.  With regard
to available tools... We are in the process of moving so I don't have
access to my USB floppy drive.  The laptop does have a CD-RW/DVD.  I
do have Knoppix 5.10 and STD CDs

I tried to load Ubuntu 6.10 desktop to the laptop last night and it
got to the third step in the Install process and locked up.  I was
expecting that Ubuntu might have some partition software on board
(like Mandriva) so that I could create another partition(s) for the
Ubuntu load.  If Ubuntu does provide those tools, I didn't get that
far.  What advice do you have in this regard?

Perhaps this would have been best as a separate email.  The laptop is
a ThinkBook T21 without built-in wifi capability.  Since it's likely
easier to just plug in a Wifi card, I'm asking advice on which brand
and model is best with Linux.

-- 
Russ

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