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Originally Posted by Decadence
i want to choose which OS i want to run at startup and boot Ubuntu off a disk. I don't understand any of that "grub" stuff
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One way to become familiar with Linux plus using the easiest of the Live distros is Knoppix Live for cd. A live distro runs strictly from a removable disk seeing no direct effect on the drive's current OS. Knoppix is also a great live distro for data retrieval when your MS drive is unbootable. There's a few articles you can find on that usage. Once you have a live version running you simply refer to the Linux tutorials to get familiar with the command structure. Here's a links to hold onto for future reference.
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
http://www.linux-tutorial.info/
http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/q/linux_tutorials