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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu XP and Linux (Ubuntu) on same disk, Can I install Ubuntu on not-yet partitioned portion of disk? Post 302363608 by C.Weidemann on Tuesday 20th of October 2009 06:22:28 PM

10-20-2009

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XP and Linux (Ubuntu) on same disk, Can I install Ubuntu on not-yet partitioned portion of disk?

My PC (Esprimo, 3 yeas old) has one hard drive having 2 partitions C: (80 GB NTFS, XP) and D: (120 GB NTFS, empty) and and a 200 MB area that yet is not-partitioned.

I would like to try Ubuntu and to install Ubuntu on the not-partitioned area . The idea is to have the possibility to run the computer as a double boot PC.

Is that possible to achieve this? Any disadvantages?
The description of the Ubuntu installation process mentions that this process can partition empty drives for a pure Ubuntu installation or can split a Windows partition in order to be able to install
Ubuntu on the newly created partition. It does not mention if there is an option to install Ubuntu in an not partitioned portion of a disk holding a Window system .

(I am a newcomer to Linux and have run Ubuntu 9.04 from the DVD-drive of the Esprimo computer but have not installed the Linux files on the harddrive yet. Ubuntu is installed on another, 10 years old, slow PC)

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NAME

       byobu-launcher-install - Byobu Launcher installation utility

SYNOPSIS

       byobu-launcher-install [-n|--no-logout]

DESCRIPTION

       byobu-launcher-install(1)  is  a  simple utilty that will add a line to your $HOME/.profile file which launches byobu(1) any time you login
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       By default, when users detach from  the	byobu(1)  session  they  will  also  logout.   Users  can  change  this  behavior  by  adding  the
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