Ubuntu Installation :: Dual Booting & Backing Up Of Both Systems
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.
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?
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
So im trying to backup my computer, and I understand the easiest and maybe best way is just through an external hard drive. Mine is 1 terabyte. Ive organized my folders by just putting everything into my documents. But when I hook up my external hard drive, and I try to drag and drop, even through explorer, or copy and paste the folder, it just creates a shortcut. Then, if I bring it to another computer and open that file it just goes to the my documents of that computer, so it's obviously useless. I know this is extremely basic but I know I should do it prior to dual boot just in case.
I currently have 2 laptops which share a wireless connection to the internet and would like to be able to set things up in order that I may backup data from both to a desktop system. My laptop which is the prime system and the desktop both are using Ubuntu 10.04 as their OS whilst the other laptop uses Windows XP. Up until now I have been copying data from the Ubuntu laptop to the desktop by the use of an external USB hard drive. Similarly the data from the XP system is swapped about between machines using this method.
Ideally I would like to find a way where I can backup data from both laptops to the desktop without involving the third party (the USB drive). What would be the best way forward to achieve this aim. Data from the Windows system will be either OOo or Jpgs so compatability should not be a problem. Using the desktop I would wish if possible to be able see what is on the system without the need of having to continually having to connect a monitor to it.
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]
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?
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?
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).
I am trying to dual boot xp and ubuntu 10.10 desktop. Everything in 32 bit. I have xp installed now and created a bootable usb with ubuntu and am trying it out now. i press install and then select my language. I then select install updates and third party software. I then get to a screen with 2 option erase disk and use that or specify partitions manually. I want the option that says install side by side, but it is not there.
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?
Until very recently I was running Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) installed on a 20 GB hard disk and Windows XP (SP3) installed on RAID 1 array of 2 x 250 GB disks, very happily along side each other and using GRUB as the bootloader installed on the smaller 20 GB drive.
I have decided to upgrade to Windows 7, and was struggling with the installation failing with the seemingly quite common "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate and existing partition" error. Google seaching suggested unplugging my Ubuntu drive and then installing Win 7. This worked fine with the Ubuntu drive unplugged, however with the 20 GB plugged back in I can boot to GRUB, but it still has XP in the menu, and no option for Win 7.
I think I could get around the issue by re-installing Ubuntu, which would place GRUB on the MBR which is now on the 250 GB RAID 1 array, but I would rather have the system as it was before with GRUB and Ubuntu on the 20 GB drive.
I know I need to edit GRUB to remove the XP entry from the menu, but I have no idea how I would get Win 7 into GRUB, and what to do about the MBR which Win 7 put onto the RAID 1 array.
I got the Eee PC 1215n specifically because it was cheap, good on battery life, and came with Windows 7 Home Premium. My old laptop, which recently died, had just Ubuntu on it, and I had few complaints. However, there were those few times that I really wanted the ability to switch to Windows.
I'm running the Live ISO from USB, and I'm at the partition manager section of the install. In the past, I remember there being an option where Ubuntu would specifically keep your old OS and settings intact, and you would just resize Ubuntu to the size that you needed it. However, my only options right now are to either use the entire disc or partition it manually, which I'm not as comfortable with since I don't know if I'll be able to get this computer back to the way it was before without having a disc drive, an install disc for Windows 7, and a serial key. The partition table reads as such:
/dev/sda1, Windows 7 (loader), 107.4 GB /dev/sda2, Windows Vista (loader), 16.1 GB /dev/sda3, [no label], 126.6 GB /dev/sda4, [no label, but I assume this is the boot sector or something], 21.2 MB
I consider myself to be rather tech savvy (senior computer science major), but I can't exactly just dive in and re-partition my drive not knowing what anything is. If I had to guess though, I'd assume that sda3 is the main storage partition, and that would be the one that I could resize, and then I could install Ubuntu on the 30 or so GB that I free up there. Could I get some other input on this before I risk messing with my system? I don't want to brick this little laptop, but Ubuntu is so much more energy efficient than Windows (not to mention running on a more organized infrastructure and interface) that I'd really like to get it installed.
I am trying to dual boot ubuntu netbook edition along with xp but i get stuck at setting up the partitions. at the installation i have the option of installing alongside xp however when they show the graph it looks like they want me to share ubuntu on C:/ drive so that xp gets 60Gb and ubuntu gets 20Gb. What i would like to do is keep xp on the C:/ drive and install ubuntu on the D:/ drive so that windows and ubuntu each get 80GB.
What i have done so far is go into gparted and delete the D:/ drive so i have now 80Gb of unallocated space. however when i start the installation process and choose "install alongside other OS" it still chooses to share it with my C:/ drive. i would like to be walked through the process of splitting the hard drive so i can install ubuntu on D drive. also i know i need to create a swap partition do i do that before the installation of after?
I recently did a side by side install of lubuntu on my windows 7 laptop. My HDD is actually 2 x 250GB HDDs. I have Win7 on the first, and chose to put Lubuntu on a part of the second. However, when I boot, I can only see the options for that second drive. when I went into the boot order It only shows the Harddrive as an option, not which one. Is there any way I can boot from my first drive again? I need to be able to get at my Windows 7, it is my main OS as I need Excel 07 for a college course. (due to auto-grading none others will work, not even office for mac (which is missing pivot-tables anyways).
So to summarize, I seem to have lost the ability to boot from the first hard drive, and cant find the separate hard disks in the boot order. Preferrablly I would like both OSes (Win7 and Lubuntu) to appear on the same boot choice list, but at least I would like to be able to access Windows7 and only use Lubuntu when I need it. (mainly for my Compouter Science coursework)
I have one disk which is currently partitioned as follows:
I am looking to install Ubuntu 10.10 from a cd onto this drive, without disturbing the XP installation. I wish to completely overwrite the Kubuntu installation as there is no data there I wish to save.
I got to the advanced partition management part of the installation process on the installation cd, but it was a little too advanced for my liking. I wasn't exactly sure what the implications of everything was, in particular:
Should I reformat the ext3 partition as ext4? I am not sure as to the pros and cons of either. I'm assuming mounting '/' there is fine.
Is 510 MB of swap enough? I have 2GB of RAM and don't expect to use any memory intensive applications, nor use any hibernation functionality, etc.
There is a dropdown list asking me about where to put the bootloader. I already have one which currently prompts me to choose between various Kubuntu kernels or Windows XP. I suspect this is located on "/dev/sda" (ie. the drive, presumably the MBR) as opposed to "/dev/sda1" (the ext3 partition) or "/dev/sda2" (the XP partition) but I am unsure where the current one is. The word 'GRUB' does appear about 380 bytes into my first physical disk however, which seems like the MBR if I'm remembering correctly. What should I choose here?
Is there a need for me to explicitly mount my NTFS drive here, or is that something I can easily do later? (I gather NTFS support is pretty good these days?)
Installed XP and ubuntu 10.10 on my netbook and have also installed BT4 r2 on separate partitions. I chose not to install the bootloader for BT4 r2 and used "sudo update-grub2" to locate Backtrack 4 which it has. At boot I can choose both XP and Ubuntu and they will boot fine, how ever when I choose BT4 (listed as ubuntu 8.10) the following message appears: "zImage does not support 32bit boot" How can I boot backtrack.
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.
Alright so I am trying to setup a dualboot with desbian on windows 8.1. I have it installed on a usb using Unet, got secure startup disabled as well as fast startup, and I have USB first on the boot menu, but when I restart it just loads as normal and doesn't boot up the usb.
how I should edit the boot loader so that both WinXP & Fedora are bootable selection options on the boot splash screen. My apologies if this has been asked before. My present grub.cof reads as follows but does not provide me with an XP boot option.
# grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file [dalpets@localhost ~]$ su
I have now Bt4 on live envir. and i am about to make space for Bt4 using Gparted from Bt ( live env) 'resize & move' at Free space preceding & Free space following on a 500Gb drive,I gave it 101 MiB. I see it says MiB instead of Gb .. but i am confused as to before & after does the before mean actual space fedora will have or is it Mb space for the bootloader a 100Mb or is that 10Gb ?
I was using Fedora 14 without any other OS installed. That was until i realised i need After Effects because AE 6.5 under wine does not cover my needs.
I installed win XP. Everything's OK so far. Next step, installed Fedora 14. Also, it went OK. I reboot`d the system and i was presented the "mini-shell GRUB Bootloader terminal". Since i don't know anything about GRUB nor i am an HDD Expert i did nothing. But, i used the "System Rescue CD" and chose the "Boot an existing LINUX 32-bit OS". Fedora did load and i'm writing this post from within fedora. The setup i used during Fedora installation is the following.
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When i was presented with the bootloader options i chose to "install bootloader on first sector of boot partition" (something like this i don't remember it) and i did NOT choose "install on MBR" (again i dont remember the exact phrase).
The HDD partitions i created have these properties according to "disk utility".
I am using a Macbook Pro 5,5 , and I want to have Fedora and OS X dual boot. I have created free space using the disk utility from the Snow Leopard install CD. I now have 50 GBytes of free unformatted and unallocated space. So I enter the 64 bit Live CD of Fedora 14 inside, and it works flawlessly in boot. I click on "Install to Hard Drive" option and then of all the installation options I select the "Use Free Space" one. I then use the default settings:
It creates a 500M boot partition (/dev/sda3) and an LVM partition (/dev/sda4). ext4 and swap are allocated by default into the LVM Volume Groups. It then asks me for the location to install the boot loader providing me with 2 options: In the Master Boot Record (MBR - /dev/sda) or in the first sector of the boot partition (/dev/sda3). I go with the second option.
Installation proceeds as planned. While rebooting, I enter OS X and I install rEFIt. In the rEFIt menu, I select the Linux icon, which results in a black screen saying that "no bootable device" or something like that. I restart my Mac, and then select the rEFIt partitioning tool that says that my MBR needs to be updated. I let it sync my MBR, and I restart the computer. I click on the Linux icon again, and then I am presented with the penguin logo on a gray background... and that's about it.
I can't do anything from there. No system is booting, nothing is loading. Booting to my OS X partition works just fine, but Fedora refuses to boot. It is stuck in this logo screen.
I've recently bought the Samsung N110 netbook - it comes pre-installed with Windows XP, but I've decided to run Linux on it.
The decision is this - remove Windows XP and have Linux as the sole OS, or keep Windows XP and use dual booting?
I will mainly be needing this for working at school, or general internet use when I don't have access to my desktop at home. Therefore, I think it's unlikely that I'll need highly specialist software that can only run on Windows. Also, Windows takes up a fair amount of space - could dual booting slow the netbook down?
Having been pestered by the local nerds and read up on a lot of the material on the web, I'm pretty convinced that Linux is a good choice for me on this netbook. That said, I may well run a trial anyway before I switch. So, is there any reason to keep Windows XP or should I ditch the pre-installed OS and go with Linux all the way?
how to dual boot off of a usb. I am trying to learn to do them manually. What i do know is that i need a GRUB, and a splash screen of chuck norris., 2 ISO's, my usb is 16 GB FAT 32, grubbed up.
I have a question about dual booting windows 7 and ubuntu 9.10. What I want to be able to do is store my multimeda and open office files on a partition that can be read by both windows and ubuntu, I just don't know how to do this. What kind of partition should I make it? Should it be done in windows 7 or ubuntu?
i Have two Hard-drives a WD 500Gb Sata with windows 7 installed and an IDE Maxtor 40Gb mounted as slave .I want Ubuntu to be installed on the Maxtor.I usually used to choose grub to be installed on the MBR of the first one , but that meant that every time i needed to reinstall windows or Ubuntu i Would loose both of them, how to do so, without effecting the boot loader of the windows but still capable of booting both.Story made short, if i disconnect any of the hard drives i would still be capable of booting into the other.
Computer: AMD 939 Athlon 64 Biostar 6100T Motherboard Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit 1tb Seagate hard drive
I did the install from the 64 bit edition Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala iso file and when I restart is gives me the no root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu. Unfortunately I don't know if it means the window installation or the Ubuntu one. I also don't know exactly how to get to it if it isn't the windows one. I also want a triple boot with Windows XP Professional SP 3 32 bit.
