[dba-Tech] Dual boot Windows 7 and Linux

Hi Arthur,

for playing with, even a 4GB is enough, probably much less is OK also, I did
not check.

to set it up all I did was download unbuntu to the stick and power on the
pc, nice and easy

Mark



On 22 August 2011 16:18, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've read about setting up a USB as the Linux boot but never tried it yet.
> Assuming that you do this setup, how do you set up the file system so that
> it understands that part of the hard disk belongs to it? Alternatively, I
> guess I could spring for one of those 16GB USBs. That would be more than
> enough space for my needs.
>
> A.
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 3:54 AM, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Arthur,
> >
> > I use Ubuntu sometimes and boot directly from my USB stick.  It works
> well
> > enough for me.
> >
> > I frightenend myself a few days ago when my big Win7 machine booted from
> > the
> > USB, what a shock to see Ubuntu where I expected to see my whole life :)
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
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