Hi all- I'm getting ready to install Ubuntu onto my Sony Vaio laptop and had a few questions for which I have not yet found the answer.
1)Should I partition my hdd myself (including a swap partition) in Windows or should I do this when installing Ubuntu? When I do partition, since I have over 400GBs free on my drive, should I divide those pretty much in two (200 GB of free space for Windows, on top of the 60GB it is already using, and 200GB for Ubuntu), or should I partition the drive in 3, so that in case I want to install a third OS on there (like another Linux distro, Kubuntu or somethnig), I will have that partition ready to go?
2)Will updating Windows override GRUB, and if so, what can I do about this?
3)Should I burn the ISO on a DVD/CD or just put in on a USB drive? If I burn, should I use a third party program like ImgBurnr or use the stock burner that comes with Win 7? Lastly, the Win 7 burner asks me what type of format I want the disc to be burned as: Live File System or Mastered. I read up on the differences, and it appears that the Live File System "only works on Windows XP or later versions of Windows" so does this mean I cannot boot from it if it is Live File as opposed to Mastered?
Any help is greatly appreciated.