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pascarnito 02-05-2013 12:30 PM

how can i install two linux distros in my hard drive beside windows
 
Hi, these are my partitions https://photos-3.dropbox.com/t/0/AAA...80&size_mode=2
the first one for windows xp, and the ext4 for ubuntu, i installed linux mint in the free space, but when the pc booted it only asked me to boot with ubuntu or windows, should i make a dev/sda3 partition? or how else can i have ubuntu, win and mint?
thanx and sorry for my bad english q:

goumba 02-05-2013 12:39 PM

Dropbox I can't access without an account. Can you paste the output of fdisk -l?

If it's an old MSDOS partition table, you can have a maximum of four primary paritions, and Windows must be on a primary partition. Linux does not have such a restriction.

What do you mean by install Mint in the free space? In the free space of a logical partition? Maybe installing/updating grub when you installed linux Mint failed.

TroN-0074 02-05-2013 12:42 PM

boot in Ubuntu then in terminal type
Code:

sudo update-grub
type your password and let it run.

Once is done running reboot your computer and post back how did it go.

camorri 02-05-2013 12:45 PM

Did you update grub2 with an entry for Mint? If not, you will not see it as a choice.

You will need to boot into ubuntu to update grub2.

pascarnito 02-05-2013 01:25 PM

thanx it was solved by
Quote:

sudo update-grub

TroN-0074 02-05-2013 03:43 PM

Hey that is great man. I am glad to hear!


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