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I'd like to create a partition where to install Ubuntu in a Dell inspiron 6000 with WinXp OS already installed. What is the minimal amount of disk space required for booting the system? Then I'd create another partition for the data.

I tried to install Ubuntu alongside WinXP without creating a dedicated partition but the grub install failed at the end.

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5 GB of hard-drive space (or USB stick, memory card or external drive but see LiveCD for an alternative approach)

You can find information about system requirements here.

For your grub problem, you are going to have to give some more details.

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You should keep a minimum of 6GB of disk space for the partition containing your Ubuntu but I would suggest giving that drive 10-15 GB of space for installing other things and updates for Ubuntu.

And yeah, installing Ubuntu alongside without a dedicated partition would not be a good idea,you should have seperate partitions for the different OS (and your data if possible).

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