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

[Russ]

Thanks to both of you for your replies.  I've had a very busy time but
have managed to get to BestBuy and buy the Netgear WG5IIIT wireless
router.  It's working great with the Win2K and Ubuntu (Live).  I'm
still having some difficulty with moving user/group files from from
the D drive to the C drive.  I just may gut up and move the files,
resize C, and partition D for Linux.  What's the worse that can
happen?  Reloading Win2K?

In the meantime, I'm checking out that free VMWare server/client.  My
wife like that idea better than the dual-boot scenario.  It turns out
that I didn't really get unfettered use of the laptop, since she still
would like to use it.

Russ

On 6/5/07, Russ <russ.barrows at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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