jefferson411
November 1st, 2010, 03:59 PM
Hello all,
I am a new user to Ubuntu, I have really enoyed my experience using it so far but my main purpose for using it has been school work. I recently converted an old desktop to run Ubuntu, but due to the need to often be on the move I would like to pull my laptop out and program between classes or whenever I am unable to get to my desktop or the school lab. However, I do not necessarily forever want this laptop to have several gigs dedicated to Ubuntu. So my question is, is there a way to partition about 10-15 gigs for Ubuntu and dual boot for now, then return the partition to Windows 7 sometime in the future?
I have been booting from CD into Ubuntu 8.04 but frequently when I attempt to do this I am met with an error message, so I would like to have a reliable way to boot into Ubuntu. This method has been frustrating anyways because I always have to reinstall gnu compilers and re-add files either from a flash drive or downloading them. I thought about running as a virtual system within Windows 7 but I suppose I would have the same issues, is there a way to make no changes to my laptop but still have an Ubuntu image with all the changes I made last time I used Ubuntu? I read something on wikipedia about virtual burning, I didn't know if thats what I wanted.
tl;dr I need to have a continually changing version of Ubuntu that I can either run or boot to but am wondering if I can avoid partitioning my laptop or if I can return the partition to Windows 7 when I am no longer in dire need of Ubuntu on the go.
Thanks for any help, I know its a lot to ask on my first post but I plan on contributing as much as I can as I learn more about how Ubuntu works.
I am a new user to Ubuntu, I have really enoyed my experience using it so far but my main purpose for using it has been school work. I recently converted an old desktop to run Ubuntu, but due to the need to often be on the move I would like to pull my laptop out and program between classes or whenever I am unable to get to my desktop or the school lab. However, I do not necessarily forever want this laptop to have several gigs dedicated to Ubuntu. So my question is, is there a way to partition about 10-15 gigs for Ubuntu and dual boot for now, then return the partition to Windows 7 sometime in the future?
I have been booting from CD into Ubuntu 8.04 but frequently when I attempt to do this I am met with an error message, so I would like to have a reliable way to boot into Ubuntu. This method has been frustrating anyways because I always have to reinstall gnu compilers and re-add files either from a flash drive or downloading them. I thought about running as a virtual system within Windows 7 but I suppose I would have the same issues, is there a way to make no changes to my laptop but still have an Ubuntu image with all the changes I made last time I used Ubuntu? I read something on wikipedia about virtual burning, I didn't know if thats what I wanted.
tl;dr I need to have a continually changing version of Ubuntu that I can either run or boot to but am wondering if I can avoid partitioning my laptop or if I can return the partition to Windows 7 when I am no longer in dire need of Ubuntu on the go.
Thanks for any help, I know its a lot to ask on my first post but I plan on contributing as much as I can as I learn more about how Ubuntu works.