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Noob help on dual booting XP/Ubuntu by steVenB on 05-21-2007 at 04:11 AM

Hey everyone, Im planning to install ubuntu on my slave drive (XP on currenly on primary drive) The thing is I have no idea where to start. Any advice would be appreciated. Im also currently searching the net but I thought it would be a good idea to post here.

Thanks in advance.

RE: Noob help on dual booting XP/Ubuntu by prashker on 05-21-2007 at 04:19 AM

https://wiki.ubuntu.com//WindowsDualBootHowTo

RE: Noob help on dual booting XP/Ubuntu by andrewdodd13 on 05-21-2007 at 06:44 AM

Download the ISO / Order some CDs.
Follow the standard install procedure on the disk.
At the end, GRUB (the Linux bootloader) will install onto your primary hard disk (hopefully) allowing you to choose between XP and Ubuntu at boot up. (It should be noted that it will probably try to boot to Ubuntu by default, this can be changed after you've installed).

RE: RE: Noob help on dual booting XP/Ubuntu by steVenB on 05-21-2007 at 01:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by andrewdodd13
Download the ISO / Order some CDs.
Follow the standard install procedure on the disk.
At the end, GRUB (the Linux bootloader) will install onto your primary hard disk (hopefully) allowing you to choose between XP and Ubuntu at boot up. (It should be noted that it will probably try to boot to Ubuntu by default, this can be changed after you've installed).


Will Ubuntu install on my primary drive or slave drive using this procedure?

Thanks
RE: Noob help on dual booting XP/Ubuntu by ShawnZ on 05-21-2007 at 02:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
https://wiki.ubuntu.com//WindowsDualBootHowTo
quote:
Originally posted by andrewdodd13
Download the ISO / Order some CDs.
Follow the standard install procedure on the disk.
At the end, GRUB (the Linux bootloader) will install onto your primary hard disk (hopefully) allowing you to choose between XP and Ubuntu at boot up. (It should be noted that it will probably try to boot to Ubuntu by default, this can be changed after you've installed).

they're on seperate drives, not seperate partitions :p

when installing ubuntu, choose hard drive b instead of hard drive a? :p
RE: RE: Noob help on dual booting XP/Ubuntu by steVenB on 05-21-2007 at 02:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
https://wiki.ubuntu.com//WindowsDualBootHowTo
quote:
Originally posted by andrewdodd13
Download the ISO / Order some CDs.
Follow the standard install procedure on the disk.
At the end, GRUB (the Linux bootloader) will install onto your primary hard disk (hopefully) allowing you to choose between XP and Ubuntu at boot up. (It should be noted that it will probably try to boot to Ubuntu by default, this can be changed after you've installed).

they're on seperate drives, not seperate partitions :p

when installing ubuntu, choose hard drive b instead of hard drive a? :p


How will select which OS to boot from?

Sorry for all the questions...
RE: Noob help on dual booting XP/Ubuntu by joey on 05-21-2007 at 02:47 PM

on boot it gives you the options, so just press the up or down arrow to select [and press enter=p].

RE: Noob help on dual booting XP/Ubuntu by steVenB on 05-21-2007 at 04:03 PM

Im currently installing but on step 5 of 7 (Migrate Documents and Settings) it seems to get hung up. Does this step take a while to complete?

Thanks