roy20
May 14th, 2009, 02:32 PM
Hi All,
Please would someone advise me where is the best place for the boot loader for Ubuntu Linux to be located on a Samsung NC 10. I want to retain Windows XP on the first usable primary partition, bearing in mind that the first partition on the hard disk is reserved for Samsung's recovery routine but is invisible during regular use. I have set up an extended partition by shrinking the size of the second visible partition in Windows (the second visible partition is of course a natural fact the third primary) by making an extended partition in the fourth primary partition. This I have divided up into the Linux formatted EXT 2 and the smaller Linux Swap partition. So far so good.
Meanwhile I have readied the latest Linux distribution on a USB memory device so they can be installed from their when the BIOS has been adjusted to look for a USB boot device for first-time installation of Linux.
However before I begin installation I would like to know where to direct the Ubuntu boot loader to be installed -- am I correct in believing it is the root of the first visible partition in Windows i.e. the second primary partition on the hard disk? -- Am I correct in assuming this is HDA1 ? I cannot see that the boot loader could be installed on the emergency recover first hidden partition as I assume it would mark at the Samsung's recovery routine if it were to be used.
Thanks in anticipation, Roy
Please would someone advise me where is the best place for the boot loader for Ubuntu Linux to be located on a Samsung NC 10. I want to retain Windows XP on the first usable primary partition, bearing in mind that the first partition on the hard disk is reserved for Samsung's recovery routine but is invisible during regular use. I have set up an extended partition by shrinking the size of the second visible partition in Windows (the second visible partition is of course a natural fact the third primary) by making an extended partition in the fourth primary partition. This I have divided up into the Linux formatted EXT 2 and the smaller Linux Swap partition. So far so good.
Meanwhile I have readied the latest Linux distribution on a USB memory device so they can be installed from their when the BIOS has been adjusted to look for a USB boot device for first-time installation of Linux.
However before I begin installation I would like to know where to direct the Ubuntu boot loader to be installed -- am I correct in believing it is the root of the first visible partition in Windows i.e. the second primary partition on the hard disk? -- Am I correct in assuming this is HDA1 ? I cannot see that the boot loader could be installed on the emergency recover first hidden partition as I assume it would mark at the Samsung's recovery routine if it were to be used.
Thanks in anticipation, Roy