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Topic: Dual Boot ?

First I would like to thank you people for making this program,it helped me dual boot xp and 7beta cool Thanks

I'm really new to this stuff so I popped the disk in again and tried to make another partition to put Ubuntu(was thinking triple boot) ...I did something wrong ...not sure what but when I rebooted the system it would only boot up in 7beta....so being the NooB that I am I reinstalled xp and 7 no big deal.So my question for you fine people is can I just install Ubuntu over the 7beta install or do I have to delete the partition and make another one....or should I be posting this question on the Ubuntu forums ? big_smile



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2 Reply by stormhead (edited by stormhead 2009-03-21 20:37:04)

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Re: Dual Boot ?

Hi!

You can simply install Ubuntu over the Win7 beta partition - you only must tell the Ubuntu setup to use this partition and to re-format it (which will of course destroy your Win7 beta install).
However, your WinXP might be not bootable directly afterwards (not even from the boot menu installed by Ubuntu). In this case, boot from the XP setup CD, open the recovyre console, and restore the XP boot loader using the commands

fixmbr
fixboot

If you want a triple-boot configuration (even quad-boot configurations are no problem - I have Windows 2000, Debian Sid, FreeBSD 7.1 and OpenSolaris 2008.11 here on a single hard drive - and even bigger configurations can be done as well, provided that enough of the operating systems involved can be booted off a logical partition), you need another partition for your Ubuntu install - the easiest way is to simply create some free space at the end of the hard drive, then boot Ubuntu and tell it to use this free space for installation.

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Re: Dual Boot ?

stormhead wrote:

Hi!

You can simply install Ubuntu over the Win7 beta partition - you only must tell the Ubuntu setup to use this partition and to re-format it (which will of course destroy your Win7 beta install).
However, your WinXP might be not bootable directly afterwards (not even from the boot menu installed by Ubuntu). In this case, boot from the XP setup CD, open the recovyre console, and restore the XP boot loader using the commands

fixmbr
fixboot

If you want a triple-boot configuration (even quad-boot configurations are no problem - I have Windows 2000, Debian Sid, FreeBSD 7.1 and OpenSolaris 2008.11 here on a single hard drive - and even bigger configurations can be done as well, provided that enough of the operating systems involved can be booted off a logical partition), you need another partition for your Ubuntu install - the easiest way is to simply create some free space at the end of the hard drive, then boot Ubuntu and tell it to use this free space for installation.


Thanks for the fast response.

I tried the "fixboot" command off the cd when xp wouldn't boot the first time should I have used the fixmbr...and then use the fixboot after that...please remember this stuff is a little above my head.I did want a triple boot but for some reason I wasn't able to set up the next partition right... roll

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Re: Dual Boot ?

Hi!

You need both commands to get the boot loader working again; I don't know which ich the right order (or if the order matters at all), you you best try it.
About partitioning: From yiour first entry I conclude that you hard drive is completely full - that is, there's no space left that is not assigned to a partition. So you first need to create some empty space: Right-click the pyrtition you want to take the space from, select "Resize/Move", drag the small black errors in the dialog box that will appear then (this defines where the partition will be placed after resizing and how big it will be), click "apply", and "apply" the changes by using the toolbar button - and then wait until the operation is finished.
Ater this, you will have some free space on your hard drive; you can create your new partition there (right-click the empfy space, select "New", chose your file system, and "apply" the changes).

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Re: Dual Boot ?

Thanks for the reply...maybe I'll get brave enough one day to try it again but for know I'll just cower with my xp and 7.... roll