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[Glen Hayes]

On Thursday 30 Mar 2006 21:12, Nicolas Kassis wrote:
The only thng that I can add is that Ubuntu gets shirty with certain Asus 
motherboards mine being one of them  Glen


8> Hans J. Douwes wrote:
> > Hello, recently I became the recipient of a ubuntu Install CD (Vs. 5.10)
> >
> > I am a 75 year old and have been using windows based pc's since 1997.
> >
> > I need to know if I can install this version of the linux ubuntu as
> > follows.
> >
> > I have an Iomega 80Gb external hard drive connected to my computer
> > via usb 2.0. Computer details: asus p4p8oo MB, Pentium4- 2.8, 1 Gb RAM,
> > 120 GB HD, ati radion 9800xt graphics card.
> >
> > I want to install linux on my external hard drive to try it out and
> > become more
>
> I believe it is possible depending on your hardware but since you have a
> recent computer it should be fine. The installer should take care of
> this. When the installer ask if it should erase the entire hard drive or
> manual partitioning select the second option. Then be sure to partition
> the drive that will be named sda (assuming you only have one usb
> hardrive connected.) This is the usb drive.  I think there is an option
> for automatic partitioning of  that drive.
>
>
> Nic