Re: dual boot system

On 08/15/2007 12:15 PM, Casey Stamper wrote:

I have, at certain times, run no less than six different distros on one
hdd. It's easier to install XP first and then go from there but it's by
no means hard to install one of the linux distros first and install XP
later. You just have to be aware of your partitions and how each distro
is utilizing them. Also, each distro has different capabilities as far
as detecting other operatings systems. In my case, IIRC, I had to edit
the /boot/grub/menu.lst for each distro that I installed so that the
previous distro installations would be included in the grub menu at
boot. You have to know what you're doing to a certain extent and be
pretty familiar w/partitioning tools but it's by no means hard and it
can even be fun.


Or, the other way around; on an XP machine you can install Ubuntu via wubi:

http://wubi-installer.org/
http://wubi-installer.org/faq.php

Disclaimer: I've not tried it, but have read reports/msgs in other
newsgroups that it works great.



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