Dual Booting Ubuntu Download Any Updates

Essentially, when you power up your PC you will be presented with a menu providing the option to boot either Ubuntu or Windows.

Obviously you can only run one operating system at a time, but it is worth noting that the files on the Windows partition of your disk drive will be available to you from Ubuntu regardless of whether your Windows partition was formatted using NTFS, FAT16 or FAT32.

In the latter case you will be able to specify the percentage of the disk to be used for Ubuntu.

Once the disk space for Ubuntu has been selected, the installer will resize the Windows partition (without destroying any data) and use the remainder of the disk for Ubuntu.

If the system loads Windows again you will need to change the boot order in your system settings.

Details on how to do this will be system specific and were covered briefly in the previous chapter.

On the next screen, choose whether to perform the Normal or Minimal installation.

Dual Booting Ubuntu Download Any Updates

If this option is selected and the system is connected to the internet, the installer will download any updates issued since the Ubuntu installation image was released and applies them to the system during installation.

If you choose not to perform this update during the installation process these updates may still be applied at any time after the installation completes.

A second option provides the choice of whether to install 3rd party non-open source software to support specific hardware devices and the playback of proprietary media files on the system.

Unless you prefer to avoid using non-open source software, use of this option is recommended.

At this point, the installer will have detected the presence of an existing Windows operating system on the target disk drive and will provide a number of options in terms of how the disk should be used to accommodate the Ubuntu installation.

The subsequent screen allows the amount of disk space allocated to each operating system (in this case Windows and Ubuntu) to be configured.

Move the slider (positioned between the Windows and Ubuntu partitions in the diagram) until the Ubuntu partition allocation is a size you are comfortable with.

At least 25GB of space should be made available for a full Ubuntu Desktop installation.

When the warning dialog appears read it carefully and click Continue if you are sure you wish to proceed.

By default, each time Ubuntu starts a login screen will be presented seeking username and password credentials.

If you are the sole user of the system and would like to bypass this screen and be logged in automatically each time the system boots, be sure to set the Log in automatically checkbox before proceeding.

Depending on the speed of your system, and whether or not you opted to download updates during the installation, this process can take some time.

For a more detailed view of the steps being performed by the installer, click on the status title located above the progress bar.

The installer may prompt you to remove the installation media and the system will take a few moments to shut down.

At this point remove the USB flash drive and press the Enter key to proceed.

If you wish to boot Windows use the keyboard arrow keys to select the Windows option.

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