Install Windows (dual-boot) after a default Ubuntu install -Possible?

[Philip]

Tristan  you might be better off saving your setups for ubuntu and starting
from scratch fdisk the hard drive into partitions install XP first and then
custom install ubuntu and let it provide the dual boot option.


That being said you may wish to look at e2fsprogs. I have not used it but it
claims to be able to resize ext3 partitions. Once again I would backup my
system before using this program.

Hope it helps.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tristan Rhodes" <tristan at witenko.com>
To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 11:36 AM
Subject: Install Windows (dual-boot) after a default Ubuntu
install -Possible?


> Greetings,
>
> I have Ubuntu installed on my laptop, using a default install.  My wife
wants to use the laptop to
> play a WMV movie file, so I need to install Windows XP on the laptop as
well.  I would like to be
> able to dual-boot, without losing any of my Ubuntu stuff.
>
> I tried GnuParted but it wouldn't allow me to resize the existing root
partition (so that I could
> create a new FAT32 partition).  I think from the command line it gave an
error about file-system not
> passing integrity check.
>
> Is it possible to install Windows XP AND keep my Ubuntu?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tristan
>
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