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Archer:
Hello,
I have an ASUS 1025C netbook (has Cedar Trail processor) and I would like to try ubermix (0.915 CT version).  At the moment I have the netbook configured with a dual boot - so I can boot Windows or ubuntu. 
Since the standard ubuntu installation does not yet support Cedar Trail,  I have been trying to find a distribution that works correctly on my netbook.  I found ubermix when searching for solutions.

However, I see that for simplicity of installation - there is no option to install to a particular partition etc.  like you get with a standard ubuntu install.  I am by no means an expert with this - is it possible to perform the installation to a particular partition and have a grub menu to select windows / ubermix at startup ?

If not, is there a way to get an ubuntu that has the Cedar Trail fixes that Ubermix has ?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Cytochromec:
Hi. I have gotten a computer to dual boot Ubermix and 2 others flavors of Ubuntu. I installed Ubermix first and then installed Ubuntu and had the installer create a new partition. The GRUB menu had the Ubermix and new Ubuntu options. I then repeated that with a second Ubuntu version and that was added as well. So it will probably work for Windows as long as you first install Ubermix and then partition for other OS's.

jnetman1:
We have a bunch of netbooks in a cart that is set aside for staff development setup to dual-boot. It's technically doable, but pretty complex to setup - and I'm not sure it's worth the trouble. ubermix uses three partitions alone, and Windows 7 wants another 2 at least, which makes it tricky to get going.

An easier solution is to run either ubermix (less preferable) or Windows (preferable) as a virtual machine using Virtualbox. That way you can choose your preferred operating system (hopefully ubermix) and run the other when you have the need.

If you decide to run ubermix as a virtual machine, install it in Virtualbox using the CD Install instructions at http://wiki.ubermix.org/page/CD_Install

Archer:
Thank you both for your replies,
The problem is Windows came on the netbook pre-installed - and I don't want to lose it.

The disk already had 4 primary partitions (max), so I had to delete one (a simple ASUS OS that I wouldn't use) and then resize the windows 'D' drive and make that an extended partition, so I could then add logical partitions.  I have Ubuntu installed in these logical partitions (/ and linux swap)

I suppose I could try running ubermix in a virtual machine to try it, but I really want to make use of the hardware specific Cedar Trail support in the 0.915 CT version.

I have found on the Ubuntu forum instructions for building a 3.3.2 kernel with graphics (GMA 3600) support for Cedar Trail - which I have followed and it works, but there are a number of issues which all seem to have been fixed in ubermix change log - so I would really like to have ubermix instead of ubuntu !

The problem is how do I install it without losing Windows ?.. 

jnetman1:
OK, so boot into Ubuntu and open a terminal, then do a sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda and post your output. I'll follow up with instructions.

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