tom9042
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When I gave my second HD to my wife and bought a new larger slave HD, I wanted to dual boot to Ubuntu and try it. I was wondering if someone could help me with two questions.
1) I had made two NTFS partitions when setting up the HD, a 60 gig partition to be used for Linux and a 140 gig partition for my main HD backups. I guess I didn't pay attention but Ubuntu was installed on the larger partition and the page type file was put at the end of the 60 gig partition. I am going to redo the installation, since I have't put much on the HD. How can I get Ubuntu on the correct partition (just pay attention?). Should I make a third partition for the page type file?
2) I liked Ubuntu, but how can I get my Firefox Bookmarks into Linux, as well as my email contacts for Thunderbird? Do I put them on a floppy or CD? Can Linux read a windows formatted floppy or CD?
Just doing this to learn a little about Linux. I guess I can retype everything and create new bookmarks etc.
Thanks in advance for your help!
1) I had made two NTFS partitions when setting up the HD, a 60 gig partition to be used for Linux and a 140 gig partition for my main HD backups. I guess I didn't pay attention but Ubuntu was installed on the larger partition and the page type file was put at the end of the 60 gig partition. I am going to redo the installation, since I have't put much on the HD. How can I get Ubuntu on the correct partition (just pay attention?). Should I make a third partition for the page type file?
2) I liked Ubuntu, but how can I get my Firefox Bookmarks into Linux, as well as my email contacts for Thunderbird? Do I put them on a floppy or CD? Can Linux read a windows formatted floppy or CD?
Just doing this to learn a little about Linux. I guess I can retype everything and create new bookmarks etc.
Thanks in advance for your help!