Installed linux successfully !!

Finally, i was able to install the ubuntu version of linux on my laptop successfully. Now, i've a dual boot system (linux and windows).

Below are the steps i've followed for creating this dual boot system.

1. Installed partition magic
2. Resized my 60GB NTFS hard disk to 39GB, created a 16GB ext3 format partition, a 3GB FAT32 format partition, and a 1GB linux swap partition. I've created the FAT32 partition 'cos this format allows both linux and windows to read/write onto this file system and files on this mount point can be accessed in both OS.
3. Then i've downloaded ubuntu 5.10 (first the live cd and then the direct install cd). You can download it from here.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/
4. You can try out the live cd to see how it looks (it doesn't do anything except that it lets you to try it out)
5. Once i've downloaded the direct install cd, i've booted my laptop from that cd and it was a pretty straight forward install from there.
6. Just be careful when creating the mountpoints. I've assinged the 16GB ext3 format for my root (/) partition and named 3GB partition as /windows, 1GB linux swap partion for swap. The remaining mount points are left as it is (the default file system given by the partitioner. It shows the 39GB windows ntfs and the other ones. Just leave them as it is).
7. Now, when i asked it to install them i've asked the partitioner to format those /root and /windows partitions and clicked Install.
8. After sometime, BOOM !! got the message "Linux installed successfully".
9. During the install, it was configuring my DHCP client and it asked me to choose my internal network card or the internal wireless card, i chose internal network card and then once it is installed i've configured my wireless card.

Thats it. Now i've a dual boot system, everything working.

PS : I've tried the ubuntu draper drake 6.06, which is still in the beta version and it said "Installer crashed" a couple of times. I've stopped trying it out 'cos i did not want to screw up existing windows OS. Lets try and install it once the final version is released.

Lets install oracle on linux next week.

Now i wonder, why do i want to pay a 100 bucks for windows professional when i'm getting ev. thing here through linux for FREE ?? Lets get used to LINUX !!

-- Vish.