Installation :: Quick Dual Booting Operating Systems
Jul 26, 2010
I have no clue how Linux works and I haven't had much experience installing/dual booting operating systems. Most of my knowledge in computers comes from fixing errors with crappy hardware or Windows. Now I want to learn how to use a computer instead of how to fix it. Hence, I want to have Windows & Linux on my computer. My laptop(Acer Aspire 4530) has two hard drives, one is Vista and the other was empty(until I filled it with stuff). What is the simplest method to install Linux (or any of its variations) on this computer? Do I just install/partition all of Drive B to Linux and leave Drive A for Vista?
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May 11, 2010
I am preparing to do a fresh install of lucid lynx dual boot with vist@ Currently I am running 9.04 in this configuration. The install guide for Lucid says the new grub2 doesn't support more than 2 operating systems. plus I apparently can't edit it either. Besides vist@ there is a hp recovery partition which has a seperate entry in my existing grub. Does this mean I can't use the lucid desktop disk for a fresh install because I would have 3 operating systems? Lynx, vist@ and HP recovery partition.
I only have two applications left I am using on vist@, but I have no recovery disk, only an old image for my vist@. I am very concerned about this upgrade. 5.04 went smooth and each one since then has been a bit harder. I could not get 9.10 to run and had to go back to 9.04. I hope I am not at the end of the road. How about using grub instead of grub2?
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Jul 16, 2011
I'm trying to dual boot Ubuntu and Win7, and I just did a clean install of Win7. However, when I start the Ubuntu installation it merely just says no operating systems detected and my only option is to erase the whole disk. I can see the NTFS partition in disk utility but can't see anything in GParted.
I've tried to look through the forums but can't seem to find a solution to this exact problem - does anyone point me in the right direction or to the solution?
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Aug 23, 2010
I currently have Windows 7 installed. I wish to dual boot this with Ubuntu 10.4. On a 120gb drive I allocated a large percentage to Windows and have put two partitions on the end; 1gb for swap, 15gb for Ubuntu. However, when I go to install and get to the partition manager bit it claims no operating systems have been found. Contrary to this, when I boot into the live CD it sees all the partitions, however these cannot be accessed and no error messages are displayed (However, accessing the Windows partition appeared to corrupt the install and I had to format...). When running install from the live environment the same no operating systems found error occurs. Windows 7 works fine and the drive is IDE (if this makes any difference).
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Oct 30, 2010
I have a dual-boot ubuntu-Windows XP computer, and today, while rummaging in the basement, found some Windows 3.1 floppies. My laptop has no floppy drive, but just to ask, can you intsall old OSs (Winows 3, Mac OS 7)on your PC to make it tri boot if you already have some modern operating systems? And I've seen that old Operating systems can be downloaded, so how do you install those?
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Jun 1, 2010
I am trying to find out the best way to setup my new quad core PC. My thoughts were to use Windows 7 64bit for games and ubuntu 10.04 64bit for everything else eg, movies,photos,music, docs etc, email and web browsing backup ubuntu fully and backup an image of windows or backup both systems fully.There are several ways to do this from the googling i have done, but unsure what is the best method Option
1) Install windows, install ubuntu by partition hardrive - standard easy process.
2) Install windows, install vmware player 3, install ubuntu -URL...
3) Install windows on one hardrive and install ubuntu on another hardrive - have not been able to find a tutorial for 10.04 yet
All of the above options i have no idea how to backup both systems.My reasoning for wanting ubuntu is because of my bad experience with windows( viruses, malware, and operating system getting slower over time). Seeing that my PC will be used by all of my family, i do not want them to use windows if possible. If a dual boot system was to be used, master would be Ubuntu and slave windows, ie when my family turns on PC ubuntu loads.
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Jan 13, 2010
I have both windows XP home and Ubuntu 9.10 installed on my computer. I started with Ubuntu 8.04 (i think that was the number) and it has updated a few times since then. You see the thing is that when I choose an operating system at the boot up, it lists all of the updates to ubuntu. so there are like 12 options to choose from besides windows XP and Ubuntu 9.10.
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Jan 6, 2010
I am currently using ubuntu 9.04 and I am planning to have a dual boot my system with fedora 12. My computer is quite old and I have RAM of 256 MB DIMM 266 MHZ with pentium 4 processor. So will the dual operating systems work in my computer??
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Aug 12, 2011
I have Windows 7 working on my laptop. I have 20GB space unpartitioned. I want to install a flavor of Linux like Fedora or Ubuntu in that space, but I have heard that keeping a dual OS configuration sometimes results in losing data stored on the hard disk. I've also heard that it may sometimes cause unrecoverable problem because when Linux is loaded on hard disk it will take over the boot loader from Windows.
Is this correct? Moreover, I have 6 partitions in Windows, but if I use a Live CD for Ubuntu or Fedora to boot, then it is not showing some partitions -- sometimes it shows only 4 or 5 partitions. What might be the problem, and how to resolve it without formatting the whole hard disk and repartitioning it?
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Aug 11, 2011
I am about to work on getting the workstations on my network here to be connected to the Active Directory on my Windows 2003 server using Likewise Identity Service. of the security requirements is a good time sync, so I am trying to setup my Windows server time server on my CentOS machines. These machines dual boot Windows 7 and CentOS 5.5. I am using the Windows server as a time server and it's getting its time from its CMOS.llowing a microsoft kb article. I removed all the time servers from the CentOS box I am experimenting with and added the IP of my Windows server, it seems to connect ok but theime never gets updated.Oh, and this network has no connection to the internet it's cut off from the world, so sad and lonely and cannot get internet time
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May 18, 2009
I presently have Ubuntu and Windows XP Pro installed. By using the GRUB loader I can choose which to load.
I would like to install Fedora as a third option, but do not know how this will affect the GRUB and the choices.
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Nov 22, 2010
I installed Fedora 14 in a dual boot with Windows 7 (Win 7 came preinstalled on my Vaio, I freed up 30 GB on a hard disk drive and installed Fedora in it).The first reboot took me straight to Windows. I could not find a way to get multiple Operating systems, so I tried looking on the net a bit, and installed EasyBCD. This gave me the option of choosing the boot up OS. But when I choose Fedora in the options, the screen changes to GRUB4DOS which lists Fedora and Other as my two boot options.Selecting either one of these options results in Error 22 No partition found.
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Apr 26, 2010
I just downloaded the program, reviewed it using the cd, and I like it very much.I have Windows XP and Unbuntu 9.04 installed.I know that 10.04 uses GRUB II.If I install Ubuntu 10.04 RC in a partition, will I still be able to load the other two operating systems?
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May 8, 2010
I have been reading around the internet but I cant find any solutions, and on a side note im new to linux.When I try to install ubuntu 10.04 on my dell xps 420 desktop it doesn't detect my windows 7 install, would this have anything to do with me having my RAID set to on? and if I do change my RAID settings will I damage my windows 7 installation?here is my sudo fdisk -l:
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Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
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Nov 4, 2010
I am attempting to install Ubuntu via a USB stick. I have Ubuntu on the USB, I have booted from the stick and I have made it to the installing window. My problem is, I do not get the option to install next to other operating systems, which is what I want.If I have not been clear enough then please let me know and I'll see what I can do.
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May 2, 2010
I was wondering how to prevent grub2 from detecting operating systems on other hard drives. I have Ubuntu Lucid on the second hard drive with windows 7 on the primary (unplugged for now).
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Apr 24, 2011
I just installed ubuntu on 60GB of unallocated space on my second drive and am now receiving a Goem error. Before, I was dual booting with two Windows 7 installations, using the second drive to store data and the second Windows 7 installation. I cannot boot into any of the operating systems.
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Mar 13, 2009
I am unable to Install Fedora10 in my system as one of the multiple operating systems and it gets hanged after probing for Hardware devices and so ...I get fedora trademark sought of symbol and even after waiting any amount of time it doesnt go further..neither the keyboard works nor the mouse pointer moves... I am stuck at this screen shown in the installation screenshot...I get this screen however I dont get the options back or next or its that I am unable to see this options on the screen at all and mouse gets hanged and even keyboard doesnt work...
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Initially after booting with the media it doesnt even prompt me to press any key to boot from CD or Dvd or I get any screen to select the option for the mode of installation like text based installation or graphical installation..it hardly shows me this screen for even a fraction of second as well...
It takes me to the screen
1) Install or upgrade fedora
2) rescue existing installation...
3)
4) Memory test
when I click on install fedora I am taken to the fedora splash screen and nothing goes ahead... I tried in rescue mode as well... In rescue mode it asks me for language selection...keyboard layout... later it doesnt go ahead as well... I have checked the installation media and it confirmed that the installation media is good... I use Redhat 4.1 version and It works fine except for the message drivers/usb/hid.c core message received at :75 while trying to restart shutdown or access a virtual console... Along with Redhat and while trying to install fedora I have windows server 2008,Windows vista on that harddisk...
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Jan 17, 2010
But when I install new updates for Ubuntu and restart my computer to apply those updates.... a new Ubuntu with different number appears on the list of the operating systems that I need to choose from
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does this mean every time I updated Ubuntu I'll have additional OS on my device?
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Apr 4, 2011
Sorry for the hard to understand title but it's difficult to describe in one sentence. What I'd like to do is install Windows and several different versions of Linux on the same system. After everything is installed, I'd like to switch between operating systems *from inside the operation systems*.
Example: I'm inside Windows but I want to reboot into Ubuntu 9.04. I need to run a command to update the boot manager so it knows to boot into Ubuntu 9.04.
I do not want to walk to the physical box to make a menu selection. EDIT: I'd like to be able to switch between Windows 7 and Ubuntu (9.04, 10.04, and 10.10)
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Jan 30, 2010
i dont know if this is the right section for this but i installed linux after i installed windows server 2003 and some how the grub loader got messed up and wouldnt show, only windows would boot. i fixed the grub loader through my live disc and when i select Other operating systems i get Error 11: Unrecognized device string. here is my fdisk -l.
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2c8e2c8d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 6 48163+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 7 34329 275699497+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
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Jan 22, 2010
I was wondering if I could make logical / partitions if I have a primary /boot partition. Is this a potential way to get around having only 4 bootable operating systems on a single HD?
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Jan 31, 2010
i dont know if this is the right section for this but i installed linux after i installed windows server 2003 and some how the grub loader got messed up and wouldnt show, only windows would boot. i fixed the grub loader through my live disc and when i select Other operating systems i get Error 11: Unrecognized device string. here is my fdisk -l.
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x2c8e2c8d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 6 48163+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 7 34329 275699497+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 34330 38227 31310685 83 Linux /dev/sda4 38228 38913 5510295 db CP/M / CTOS / ...
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x99b707d2
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 38912 312560608+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdc: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000080
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 1 6 48163+ de Dell Utility /dev/sdc2 7 38227 307010182+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sdc3 38228 38913 5510295 db CP/M / CTOS / ...
and here is my menu.lst
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Jun 24, 2010
i decided to install ubuntu in my PC,i downloaded the .ISO image and i installed it in my USB. After trying it and all that i observed that i really liked it and i decided to formally install it to my computer in the hard drive. When i reached the partition thing,i selected to dual boot with Vista and select between each them in every startup,when i clicked FORWARD it gave me an error which i did not read(because,again im a noob) so i clicked cancel.
Today i wanted to go through the process again and now really install it,so again i went to the time zone part and i clicked forward but then,instead of taking me straight to the partition phase,it appeard a window saying "The installer has detected that the following disks have mounted partitions: /dev/sda ...." I clicked yes,to unmount this partitions so it took me to the partition thing,once there i selected the option to install Ubuntu with Vista and select between them i neach startup,then i clicked forward and went to the username/computer name process,once i finished i continued to the next part,the installation,but i selected to import all of my WIndows VIsta default user data,after that i clicked forward and went to the installation process,i went down stairs to eat soemthing while it finishes,i came back and it was finished,it asked me to reboot so i clicked in Restart Now.
When it tried to boot,appeared an error saying: Error: no such devide found: #################### Grub load(or something like that) grub rescue: and it was a command line,since there i havent been able to boot into vista or Ubuntu,im really scared because is the first thing related to OS installing ive done,so i booted my USB and ran the trial and right now im trying to find out what to do from that trial version.
I just went to the INSTALL UBUNTU 10.04 LTS application under the System>Administration Menu and found out that in the partition phase the Install and allow to select between both systems in eahc startup option,i dont know what to do,i foudn out that my HD has still all its data(MUsic/Videos/Folders/Programs/ect.)its just that i cannot boot from it. Also in GParted it appears as /dev/sda1/ and a warning icon besides it,also when i go into information, thers this warning there [URL]
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Nov 14, 2010
I have a 64bit ubuntu 10.10 and i want to know how to switch to my other OS which is windows ! but unfortunately i set it to go directly to ubuntu ! so how do i switch from linux to 2nd OS ? cuz i want to remove ubuntu completely and reinstall it as 32 bit !?
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Jul 2, 2011
I "experimented" with UNetBootInstall on a USB key and messed up my GRUB2 settings pretty good. Now I can't find a grub.cfg file.I've gotten a couple of error messages about not having an OS installed on the computer. I have Natty Narwhal installed as well as Windows 7 with Wubi.
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Jan 24, 2010
I have winxp and win 7.I want to install fedora core 12.I tried but I could not install.How can I install fedora core 12 with winxp and win 7.
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Feb 7, 2010
I have Ubuntu and Windows on the same machine. If I install Thunderbird on both operating systems is it possible that both installs can access the same email files so that all of my emails will be in one file no matter which operating system was running when emails are downloaded or sent?
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Feb 12, 2010
I'm Dual Booting Ubuntu and Vista and i downloaded gparted today because i wanted to resize my operating systems so that Ubuntu had the majority of the hard drive. I was able to resize the vista part so that it was smaller, however i can't figure out how to resize the ubuntu half so that it takes up the unallocated part. I am currently in the process of changing over completely to ubuntu but i dont want to get rid of vista completely just yet.
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Apr 20, 2010
How can I send out a broadcast from one device to the other machines on the LAN to reply with their operating system.
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