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This page will document my experiences with Kubuntu on my Compaq laptop V5305WM.

2007-11-17

• After I backed up my important data, I started a new installation of Gutsy. I had been running Kubuntu on this system previously, but wanted to start with a completely clean slate. After starting the installation process, I selected to manually set the partitioning. I already have data on a portion of the drive dedicated to a Windows dual boot, so selecting to use the entire disk is not possible. I used hda2 as / and hda4 for /home with each being formatted and being 10GB and 32GB respectively. I used 512MB for swap. I've found this to be more than enough as this laptop has 1.5GB of RAM.
• As the Broadcom internal wireless card needs drivers from the restricted repository, the attempt to reach the security updates was not possible. I will manually fix this after restarting in the new system.
• The install went without any other issues, so I removed the CD and restarted into the newly installed system.