AeroSpace
July 5th, 2008, 10:37 PM
Hi all,
I want to install Ubuntu alongside an existing XP Home. First I want to get to grips with a command-line system, especially as hard disk space is scarce. So I have downloaded and burnt the MinimalCD from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD
1. Can I use the partitioner in the installer to resize the existing NTFS partition non-destructively? The partition is ~30GB in size; how much free space would it be a good idea to leave Windows with?
2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements says that the absolute minimum for the command-line install is 300MB. However, eventually I want to install a fair bit more, like X.org, XFce, Firefox, OpenOffice.org etc. Can I get away with an Ubuntu partition of only 2.5GB? 1.5GB? (I'll be storing all my data on the NTFS partition)
3. I have 512MB of RAM. How much swap space do I need to allocate for Ubuntu, if any? I can cope with 512MB, but would be delighted if I could get away with much less than that, or even none at all.
4. When I do come round extending the system, how exactly do I do that? I'll want to do it in stages: get X.org fully up and running first, then get a desktop environment of some sort fully up and running, then I'll probably be able to install applications by myself.
Many thanks to all who help!
I want to install Ubuntu alongside an existing XP Home. First I want to get to grips with a command-line system, especially as hard disk space is scarce. So I have downloaded and burnt the MinimalCD from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD
1. Can I use the partitioner in the installer to resize the existing NTFS partition non-destructively? The partition is ~30GB in size; how much free space would it be a good idea to leave Windows with?
2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements says that the absolute minimum for the command-line install is 300MB. However, eventually I want to install a fair bit more, like X.org, XFce, Firefox, OpenOffice.org etc. Can I get away with an Ubuntu partition of only 2.5GB? 1.5GB? (I'll be storing all my data on the NTFS partition)
3. I have 512MB of RAM. How much swap space do I need to allocate for Ubuntu, if any? I can cope with 512MB, but would be delighted if I could get away with much less than that, or even none at all.
4. When I do come round extending the system, how exactly do I do that? I'll want to do it in stages: get X.org fully up and running first, then get a desktop environment of some sort fully up and running, then I'll probably be able to install applications by myself.
Many thanks to all who help!