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    Is it possible to boot Ubuntu via MediaDirect button?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by psygn, Mar 22, 2009.

  1. psygn

    psygn Notebook Evangelist

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    Just wondering if it's possible to link the MediaDirect button with Ubuntu instead of, well, MediaDirect.
     
    psygn, Mar 22, 2009
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Possible but not easy.
     
    Hep!, Mar 22, 2009
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  3. wlfng2005

    wlfng2005 Notebook Consultant

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    yes you can. basically, pressing "media direct button" is just like accessing a special partition that has the software of media direct. If you want to access ubuntu by pressing the button, you can simply increase that partition's size, then install ubuntu on that partition and bam, you're good to go :)
     
    wlfng2005, Mar 22, 2009
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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  5. psygn

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    Thanks for all the replies :)
     
    psygn, Mar 22, 2009
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