re dual boot Kubuntu 8.0.4/Ubuntu 8.0.4

[Ray Burke]

GrokIt at ajinfosearch.com,
 
Why do I reverse the drives, as I already can dual boot to the Me o/s 40gb, so as to load the 
cdrom of the iso kubuntu 8.0.4, 
And I still dont understand the procedures when the kubuntu screen comes up????????
 
ray
 
> From: GrokIt at ajinfosearch.com> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: re dual boot Kubuntu 8.0.4/Ubuntu 8.0.4> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 21:58:54 -0400> > On Saturday 09 August 2008 6:01:21 pm Ray Burke wrote:> > Sirs,> >> > I am trying to dual boot my current system which is-> > 1/ Hddo drive c 80gb xp pro sp3> > 2/ hdd1 drive d 40gb me> > so I want instructions on how to make my drive d hdd1 40gb Mesystem as> > replaced with dual boot Kubuntu 8.0.4/Ubuntu 8.0.4 , thus keepingmy xp pro> > sp3 on Hdd0 drive c, so I can have a dual boot Hdd0 xp pro sp3on drive c> > 80gb and Ubuntu drive d Hdd1 40gb, can you help,as not sure where I load up> > the iso disc I made of the Kubuntu/Ubuntu onto whatcurrent systems on> > either xp pro or Me, and does it pickup that I have twoseperate> > drives???????????? ray> > _________________________________________________________________> > Very easy to do. > 1- Hardware Setup> BACKUP ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KEEP. Write down exactly how everything is connected, masking tape is > useful. Open up your computer and make your ME drive the primary and the XP drive the slave. I am > assuming these are IDE drives. If so don't forget to change the jumper pin between the power > supply and the ribbon. Reboot your machine to make sure that is back together correctly and the 40 > gig drive is primary. > If you don't want to do that and have SATA drives, change the boot order in the BIOS to CD, HDD1, > HDD0 so that the disk you want to install *buntu on is first.> 2-Software setup> Take your iso file that you made and burn it *at 4X* as an *image*. If you just do a data copy you > will not get a bootable CD but a shiny drink coaster instead. Reboot and install on your 40 gig > (newly) primary hard drive. > Recomended partition sizes > -root (/) - 8 gig at beginning of disk> -swap area - 1 gig at end of disk> -home (/home) - everything else> > Linux plays nicely with others, it will recognize other drives. You can even mount your entire XP > drive to be seen and worked with in Kubuntu but that takes a little doing (edit fstab).> > There are other ways to get this done but when you use this method there is no need to edit any > files and have it just work. What will happen is that when you start your machine you will go > into 'grub'. That is Ubuntu's boot loader and will give you a list of either Ubuntu (Kubuntu shows > as as ubuntu) or XP to start up. Post again if you need anything else.> > > -- > "The second most satisfying thing in life is to totally understand a complicated concept.> If you are very lucky you may attain *the* most satisfying thing in life and actually grok it."> - author unkown> Things I grok: 0> > -- > kubuntu-users mailing list> kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users
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