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Old 07-13-2005, 05:50 PM   #1
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How would I dual boot with Ubuntu and WIndows Xp


Could you help me do it the Windows Partition covers the whole drive
 
Old 07-13-2005, 06:03 PM   #2
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Use partition magic to resize your partition, leave the rest to ubuntu
 
Old 07-13-2005, 06:58 PM   #3
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I don't have Partition Magic
 
Old 07-13-2005, 08:07 PM   #4
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What do you have? Do you have a Linux distro?
If you have Mepis or Knoppix, you can use QTParted.
If you have Mandriva, you can use DiskDrake.
 
Old 07-13-2005, 08:30 PM   #5
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Originally posted by aysiu
What do you have? Do you have a Linux distro?
If you have Mepis or Knoppix, you can use QTParted.
If you have Mandriva, you can use DiskDrake.
Have all of those
 
Old 07-13-2005, 09:42 PM   #6
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Use DiskDrake to partition and resize existing partitions. Then, install Ubuntu on the EXT3 partition(s).
 
Old 07-13-2005, 10:05 PM   #7
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http://ca.geocities.com/zachandloric...windowsxp.html

or could I use that
 
  


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