Got XP Back..Now what?

[Hugo]

Well, do not install Ubuntu 5.10 right now, till it is not the stable version !
Install Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary), and when Breezy releases in about a
month, then you upgrade to Breezy !
Thus, you will avoid installation problems with the installation of a
stable version.



2005/9/15, Richard Querin <rfquerin at gmail.com>:
> Now that I finally solved the problem of not being able to boot even XP (it
> ended up being a corrupt boot sector which 'fixboot' not 'fixmbr' took care
> of - thanks to all for the helpful suggestions even if they were ultimately
> fruitless), I now want to try installing Ubuntu 5.10 again, but I'd like
> some advice before I do so that I might avoid the nightmare that I
> experienced on my first try.
> 
> My current drive layout is as follows:
> 
> IDE1 slave (hdb) - 160GB
>    #1 primary  120 GB  ntfs   hdb1 
>    (40 GB unused, unformatted space)
>    
> SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 160GB
>    #1 primary 75.5 GB  ntfs   sda1 (where XP is installed - marked as
> bootable)
>    #5 logical 10.0 GB  ntfs   sda5 (I could get rid of this partition) 
>    (75 GB unused, unformatted space)
> 
> 
> 1. Should I install Ubuntu on the same physical drive as XP? This is the
> only HD shown in the list of bootable devices in my BIOS. I think the
> problem I experienced this week in creating a dualboot system was
> complicated (not necessarily caused) by the fact that I had tried to install
> Ubuntu on the other physical drive and Grub didn't seem to cope nicely. 
> 
> 2. I was thinking that I could use the 40GB on IDE1 as an extra data drive
> for Ubuntu or XP later on. I'd like to see how I do with Ubuntu first. What
> if anything, would I have to do to my Ubuntu install to recognize the new
> IDE1 partition if I decide to format and use it for linux later? 
> 
> 3. Is this the smartest way to do things? I'm open to better advice. I need
> XP and I need the 120GB ntfs partition for video editing storage, so going
> all-linux isn't possible for me right now (that along with AutoCAD
> requirements). 
> 
> Thanks - RQ 
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