Ubuntu :: How To Setup A Dual Boot
Jan 8, 2010how to set up a dual boot. I know that I have to partition the drive but at the moment Ubuntu is taking up the whole drive, so would i still be able to partition without loosing anything?
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Slackware :: Take Current Windows7 (x64) Setup And Make It Into A Dual-boot Setup With Slackware 13.0?
Jan 24, 2010I'm trying to take my current windows7 (x64) setup and make it into a dual-boot setup with slackware 13.0 (x32) and am hitting a brickwall. I guess I would like to know if I can salvage the situation without formating my windows drive. I fully intend to, but I had hoped to not do it this month. I'd like to get dual boot going so I can master it and acquire all the files/drivers I'll want and then format and do it 100% right next time.
Currently I have windows setup on a 3x 500gb Raid0 onboard array which itself has been flawless. After I shrunk my current partition size to give me about 25gb of free space I proceeded to setup Linux, and I was unable to perform the cfdisk portion for partitioning the array for Linux.
I tried using cfdisk:
/dev/hdx (a1-a3,b1-b3)
/dev/sdx (a1-a3,b1-b3)
I even attempted to locate with: cat proc/partition and tried using cfdisk on every device it located. It always said it was either an unknown partition table and should I start at zero, or bad partition. I was of course too concerned over my windows setup (which has almost 1tb of stuff I have not backed up) to go any further into the unknown.
PS: I have used Slackware before, back at 8.1, 10, and even a very brief interlude at 12.0, this is my first attempt on this computer however with 13.0, it is currently running fine on my laptop and my PS3 (Laptop is even dual booting 7/Slack13. Albeit without raid)
Phenom 9850
M2N-SLI Deluxe (Nvidia AM2)
4x1gb of 1066 kingston hyperX
3x500gb WD Caviar Black Sata2 3.0
Ubuntu :: Setup A Default OS With Dual Boot?
May 10, 2010I recently installed Ubuntu and I am dual booting it with Windows 7. I showed it to my friend and he likes it. He wants me to dual boot his computer with Ubuntu, also.We were wondering if there was a way to configure GRUB and that stuff so that it doesn't go to the GRUB boot screen when you start your computer where you pick an OS. We were wondering if you could set a default OS that the computer automatically booted to, unless you press a button at startup, and then you could get to GRUB to pick a different OS.
The reason being is because his whole family uses the computer, and we don't want to confuse them with GRUB every time they start up the computer. We just want the computer to boot to Win7 by default, but being able to boot into Ubuntu if you press a button to get to GRUB when booting.
Ubuntu :: Setup Dual-boot On HP Mini?
Jul 2, 2011I bought my wife an HP Mini [URL].. and want to get Ubuntu Netbook running on it. It comes with Windows 7 Starter, which we want to retain because Netflix won't run with Linux (gives you some BS error about "your browser is compatible, but your OS isn't"). So, I'd like to dual boot.
My desktop right now runs Kubuntu, and then I can boot in XP using VirtualBox OSE. Owing to the fact that the netbook is down on power relative to my desktop, doesn't seem like a good idea on the netbook, hence dual boot. I've seen a lot of "help, I just screwed this up!" threads, and since HP wasn't kind enough to send along a disc with Windows 7 on it, I need to get this right the first time. So, I'm going to post what I'm planning to do, let me know if I'm going to mess this up. I've compiled the below looking through a bunch of previous threads.
1) Defrag Windows drive
2) Use Windows 7 software to shrink the Windows partition
2b) Do NOT create a new partition using Windows software, just keep it unallocated
3) Boot off of USB key with Ubuntu in it, select unallocated space for install
Questions:
1) When I boot the computer up, I should get a GRUB screen asking which OS I want to boot into, correct?
2) I'm downloading 11.04 right now...anything to watch out for?
3) I couldn't find an install file for Ubuntu Netbook, do I make that selection during the install?
Ubuntu :: Setup A Dual Boot With Windows 7
Sep 1, 2011just spent hours trying to set up a dual boot with windows 7 and ubuntu. i now have both installed, however, i dont know how to load ubuntu. it automatically loads windows 7 on boot.
p.s both 64 bit if that matters.
Ubuntu :: Kubuntu / Windows 7 Dual Boot Setup?
Feb 18, 2010I just bought a Dell 537s machine and configured it for dual boot of Windows 7 and Kubuntu 9.10. On my old dual boot machine I had the Windows System and the Linux System on different disk partitions. That way I could write fstab in such a way as to make the Windows System read-only as seen from Linux, so Linux couldn't mess up any Windows System files (and since Windows can't read ext3, Windows couldn't mess up the Linux System).
But the new machine came with Windows 7 installed and gobbling up 3 primary partitions. Kubuntu installed itself in such a way that Linux can read/write to the Windows System. This makes me nervous that Kubuntu might be able to mess up Windows 7.
Is there any way to make specific Windows 7 directories/files unwriteable as seen from Linux without altering their behavior in Windows 7?
Ubuntu Installation :: Partition Setup For Xp Dual Boot?
Aug 4, 2010I have created 5 partitions:2 GB ext320 GB ext310 GB ext320 GB ntfs400 GB ntfsI have already installed XP on 20GB ntfs. Will dual boot work if I use the 3 ext3 partitions to install Ubuntu?
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Mar 7, 2011I 'm currently using grub to dual boot Windows Vista and Ubuntu 10.10.These are some of my partitions:
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- one NTFS partition for my Vista Data (shared with Ubuntu)
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I verify that ~/.kde/share/config/krandrrc contains the new monitor setup (both screens active). I have saved a startup session with krandrtray running. However, when I logon, the system always starts with both screens in clone mode. I always have to go into systemsettings or krandrtay and redo the dual monitor configuration.
Is there a better way? Do I have to create a suitable xorg.conf (which I will try when I get home) or is there another way to boot into the dual config automatically?
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Jan 27, 2010I am planning to move my main OS from Windows to Ubuntu (Yeah I am that impressed) but I wish to move windows to my current smaller hard drive until I find all ubuntu replacement programs i can use then eventually eject the windows drive. The problem is has we all know who dual-boot you have to install windows first before ubuntu as the windows mbr is when grub is stored and gets wiped when you install windows.
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After my first software update my system is now broken, after rEFIt it got stuck on a black screen. I started up from the livecd, chrooted into my system, reinstalled GRUB on /dev/sda4, installed it on /dev/sda too, but that did not really help. I now get to the GRUB rescue shell, but I'm pretty clueless what to do. Also it does not seem a widespread problem, since I didn;t find many reports of dual-boot macintels breaking with this update. What can I do to restore my linux system ?
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My questions are:
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Jun 4, 2010I have the following PC set up:
Dell 8400 with 3 GB of RAM with 3 160 GB SATA drives:
The first one has Windows XP installed on it.
The second one has been newly formatted and Ubuntu 10.04 has just been installed on it (20 GB / and 6 GB swap) with grub being installed on the first partition and not the master boot record. The remainder will be for storage for Windows.
The third drive is simply storage for Windows.
At this point I am able to boot XP just fine, but I'm not able to boot Linux. I just getting a blinking cursor or the PC just reboots when I choose Linux. I believe I have set up my boot.ini properly using:
C:Bootsectc.lnx="Linux Ubuntu"
After running dd if=/dev/sdc1 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 and putting that file in place.
For reference, I don't believe this is a Linux problem, as much as I am simply trying to guide the ntldr to be properly pointed to a place where it can boot Linux. When I go into the bios and disable the first and the third hard drives, grub pops right up and I'm able to boot Linux with no problem, so that piece is fine. I think it's just now trying to get the correct syntax so I can boot Linux without having to disable drives and reenable them.
For kicks I even tried these syntax types in boot.ini:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)="Linux11"
(i.e. 2nd disk, 1st partition ...etc...)
I read many troubleshooting documents on dual booting and so forth but I just can't get this right. For reference, I stated the way XP views my Hard Drives in the intro, which seem to be a different order than Linux sees them, yet I believe I've tried all the combos of settings for this to work (yet clearly have not). I have attached the output of boot_info_script*.sh here: [URL]. Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010 ..... Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive.
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