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Wanting to dual-boot Windows XP and Ubuntu

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Old 01-01-2009
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Wanting to dual-boot Windows XP and Ubuntu
I have two hard drives and one is 15 gb and I have 14gb left, how would I install Ubuntu onto that drive, and then, if I install it right. How would I boot to it?
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Old 01-01-2009
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boot from ur ubuntu cd and watch the magic.. i think it uses disk druid (maybe that was fedora) to patition the hard dive. once installed linux's GRUB becomes ur boot manager and u can make it do whatever u want
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Old 01-02-2009
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With a dual boot on your machine I recommend you don't install from cd but rather download
Wubi8.10 it will install as a loop on your hd without any partitioning and if this distro is not to your likeing simply remove the whole thing from your xp via the add/remove programs.
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Old 01-02-2009
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Originally Posted by tragicallyhip View Post
With a dual boot on your machine I recommend you don't install from cd but rather download
Wubi8.10 it will install as a loop on your hd without any partitioning and if this distro is not to your likeing simply remove the whole thing from your xp via the add/remove programs.
I actually ended up doing this yesterday....I was very impressed! It's a great thing...thanks anyways!
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