Need Help Loading Ubuntu (Linux OS)
@mythociate (21437)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 10, 2014 11:35am CST
I think I have downloaded the .exe to load Ubuntu onto a Windows-machine (a program called "wubu"), but--everytime I try to open it--it tells me 'it needs 250+ MB and only 150-some are 'available'!"
So I guess what I'm asking is, How do I make more of my 8.something GB of free disk-space 'available' to load the new OS?
((OS = operating system, like Windows; MB = megabytes; GB = gigabytes)
1 response
@slybri (22)
• United States
25 Apr 14
I am not sure, but I believe the 250+ MB that ubuntu installer needs is RAM. How much ram do you have installed on your system? I don't know what version of windows you are using but you should be able to press ctrl+Alt+Del and then choose 'system monitor' one of the tabs shows memory total and how much is used.
Hope that helps.
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
29 Apr 14
I don't know. I opened the 'Windows Task Manager,' went to the 'Performance'-tab, and it tells me-all kindza data but -no RAM. 
It says:
Totals:
Handles - 822_
Threads - 35_
Processes - 2_
Physical Memory (K)
Total - 129520
Available - 441__
System Cache - 5____
Commit Charge (K)
Total - 255___
Limit - 600980
Peak - 539596
Kernel Memory (K)
Total - 31532
Paged - 27516
Nonpageed - 4016
(The underscores are frequently-changing digits.)
I'm on Windows XP. How do I assign more memory to the available?
It says:
Totals:
Handles - 822_
Threads - 35_
Processes - 2_
Physical Memory (K)
Total - 129520
Available - 441__
System Cache - 5____
Commit Charge (K)
Total - 255___
Limit - 600980
Peak - 539596
Kernel Memory (K)
Total - 31532
Paged - 27516
Nonpageed - 4016
(The underscores are frequently-changing digits.)
I'm on Windows XP. How do I assign more memory to the available?