Dual-Boot

• Y_Shun

  5 Jul 07, 00:07

  http://apcmag.com/6101/dualboot_windows_xp_and_ubuntu
  
  I intend to do this with my com...any thing to take note of?
  
  This tutorial much more easy...especially when I already have XP installed.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  5 Jul 07, 15:17

  Don't format the wrong partition or else Windows is gone and you are left with Ubuntu.
  
  And don't do the reverse, because Windows bootloader doesn't like Linux bootloader.
  
  Install Windows first, then install Linux.
  
  Make sure you have at least 3 partitions, one for Windows, two for Linux.
  
  It's 2 for Linux because Linux virtual memory aka swap file uses another partition, rather than eating up space the same partition in Windows.
  
  The rest, up to you to play. Damage anything, re-do everything.
• Y_Shun

  5 Jul 07, 22:27

  uhm, how do i make sure theres 2 partition?
  
  can it be done through the installation of ubuntu?
• ^tamago^

  5 Jul 07, 22:33

  wow.... mayi have 3 partitions on ur com i suppose...
• Y_Shun

  5 Jul 07, 22:36

  wonder if theres a linux-osx version or smth...hehe
• Y_Shun

  5 Jul 07, 23:15

  zzz the install page hang for around 10min...
• Y_Shun

  6 Jul 07, 00:46

  mayi help!
  
  the installation did not give me option to partition my harddisk, infact it wanted to use the whole harddisk
  
  next, i tried to partition with the thing[gnome] inside ubuntu, but it cannot work. say theres an error.
  
  i set up a 16gb partition on ext3
  then around 1gb on linux-swap
  
  while it was tring to resize the hardisk, it says error occured...
• ndmmxiaomayi

  6 Jul 07, 16:57

  Did you get to this screen?
  
  
• Y_Shun

  6 Jul 07, 17:50

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Did you get to this screen?
  
  http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/mr_Sotong/feistydual06rw5.png

  - Guided - resize IDE1 master, partition #5 (hda 5) and use freed space
  - New partition size
  i dun have that part...
  
  Guided - use entire disk and below, i have
• ndmmxiaomayi

  6 Jul 07, 18:00

  Originally posted by Y_Shun:

  - Guided - resize IDE1 master, partition #5 (hda 5) and use freed space
  - New partition size
  i dun have that part...
  
  Guided - use entire disk and below, i have

  Is the Manual option present?
• Y_Shun

  6 Jul 07, 21:13

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Is the Manual option present?

  yesh
• ndmmxiaomayi

  6 Jul 07, 21:13

  Originally posted by Y_Shun:

  yesh

  Select this option and click on Next.
• Y_Shun

  6 Jul 07, 21:15

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Select this option and click on Next.

  okay mayi, i boot the cd now hor, u dun offline hors!! or, maybe i pm u my msn???
• ndmmxiaomayi

  6 Jul 07, 21:23

  OK, no problem.