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Dual boot winxp/ubuntu
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Hi all, I am going to be installing ubuntu on the second of two drives in my hp pavilion dv8040 (the first drive is xp pro)...I've used linux a bit, but only actually installed it once before (And that was 7 years ago - and it wasn't a dual boot situation)...I'm worried that it might affect my windows installation and I don't want to screw that up...Normally I'd have no problem just pressing ahead but in this particular situation, I just really do not want to screw up my windows drive...What will it do when it goes to set up the dual-boot?
Any tips/advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated...Thanx!
Any tips/advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated...Thanx!
Ok, so after some searching, I found this link...
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ho...28dual-boot%29
however, I've read stuff about ?grub? being installed in the MBR and I'm afraid how that will affect my windows drive...I guess I just need someone to tell me that this link is right before I go ahead with this...anyone have any experience with this?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ho...28dual-boot%29
however, I've read stuff about ?grub? being installed in the MBR and I'm afraid how that will affect my windows drive...I guess I just need someone to tell me that this link is right before I go ahead with this...anyone have any experience with this?
Grub is the bootloader. It lives in the first few sectors of the disk and it is what the pc looks for when it boots up. It will give you the option to boot either XP or Ubuntu
If it goes wrong all is not lost as it can be fixed (but you will need your XP cd)
Warning: If you have a recovery partition instead of a windows cd then DO NOT install linux !
If it goes wrong all is not lost as it can be fixed (but you will need your XP cd)
Warning: If you have a recovery partition instead of a windows cd then DO NOT install linux !
Last edited by jbennet; Jun 3rd, 2007 at 6:10 am.
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you get to choose. Usually it goes on the first disk.
e.g
PC BOOTS UP
BIOS CHECKS HDD1
BIOS READS MBR
BIOS SEES GRUB IN MNR
GRUB SHOWS OS CHOICES
(YOU CLICK ON XP)
GRUB LOADS THE XP BOOTLOADER
THE XP BOOTLOADER STARTS XP
e.g
PC BOOTS UP
BIOS CHECKS HDD1
BIOS READS MBR
BIOS SEES GRUB IN MNR
GRUB SHOWS OS CHOICES
(YOU CLICK ON XP)
GRUB LOADS THE XP BOOTLOADER
THE XP BOOTLOADER STARTS XP
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>So it shouldn't hurt xp if grub is in the mbr for the disk that xp is on?
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and if it does hurt it, you just need to stick in your xp cd and type a simple command which will delete grub and reinstall the stock xp bootloader.
also DO NOT install grub if your PC relies on a recovery paritition instead of OS media as it will most likely destroy it.
also DO NOT install grub if your PC relies on a recovery paritition instead of OS media as it will most likely destroy it.
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Originally Posted by ft3ssgeek 
Ok, so after some searching, I found this link...
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ho...28dual-boot%29
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If your Windows is on a second SATA you have to use sd1 instead of hd1, I think.
Last edited by John A; Jun 3rd, 2007 at 8:41 pm. Reason: fixed
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Ok, thanks guys! I went ahead and installed it...everything went pretty well and grub works just fine - no problems that I've found yet with my xp install...
Ubuntu had a problem with my wireless card, but I've read in forums that it's a common problem, so I'll just have to mess with it and see if I can come up with anything...
Once again, thanks or all your help!
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Ubuntu had a problem with my wireless card, but I've read in forums that it's a common problem, so I'll just have to mess with it and see if I can come up with anything...
Once again, thanks or all your help!
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