Vista/XP/Ubuntu Partition Question...

[John Toliver]

Yes just look in synaptic for gparted and it should come up immediately.  At
this point I really don't care for it too much because when it reads the
drives it takes forever (~5 mins) to finish and then you can work.  The
program layout is nice enough but it takes some getting used to...my point
is you can get it easy enough.

My other concern, and this is fresh in my mind, because I just finished
configuring dual boot for XP and Gutsy on my T23.  Everyone, and I mean
everyone I've talked to says you can't setup dual boot with XP being
installed second.  XP needs to be installed first.  Then pop in a iive CD
and ubuntu carves space out of the partitions afterward.

I would love for someone to jump in and tell me I'm wrong.  I think it's
ridiculous.  The comment above about "grub-install" from a live CD terminal
seems promising though, if you've installed Gutsy first.

After you have safely backed up your partition tell me how successfully
Ubuntu recognizes your settings when you restore them.

On Dec 26, 2007 12:31 AM, James Black <text4909 at gmail.com> wrote:

> thanx for the reply.
> happy holidays
>
> Derek Broughton wrote:
> > James Black wrote:
> >
> >
> >> want to downgrade to XP. But when i put the disc
> >> in to run from it, i get an error message telling something about the
> >> HDD not being connected, check the cable. I did some google research
> and
> >> it seems the installation program isn't reading the HD. My question is,
> >> cant i use a linux application to remove/delete that partition? I am
> >> also looking forward to backing up my entire ubuntu before i do this.
> >>
> >
> > Certainly.  Any of the partitioning programs will do it - just delete
> the
> > partition and recreate it as FAT32 or NTFS (I suggest recreating it only
> > because I don't trust Windows to install _only_ into free space, if it
> > doesn't find a FAT/NTFS partition at the beginning of the drive).
> > gparted/qtparted (depending whether you are using Gnome/KDE) are
> simplest.
> >
> >> Another question on subject is, i'd be dual booting but installing
> >> windows second. Will this be an issue? I ask because i read somewhere
> >> that the proper way to do it is install windows THEN linux.
> >>
> >
> > It's not the "proper" way, just the simplest, because Windows makes no
> > attempt to preserve your ability to multi-boot.  However, when you
> > installed Linux, it set up grub for you, so then you just need to
> recreate
> > your grub boot setup. Essentially boot from a LiveCD and issue
> > a "grub-install" command from a terminal.  I don't remember the exact
> > command, but if you google in this group for my name and "grub-install
> > livecd" you should find the way I've done it before.
> >
>
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