dual boot question

[Greg Sander]

Thanks.   This looks like what I will do.  I do have backups just I case.


Greg




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From: "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 10:55 AM
To: "Greg Sander" <gregsander at verizon.net>; "Ubuntu user technical support, 
not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: dual boot question

> Greg Sander wrote:
>> I want to know if I can do this.  I currently have a dual-boot system 
>> using 2 installations of XP - each on a separate hard drive.  The first 
>> drive has my old installation of XP.  The second drive has my new 
>> installation of XP.  The boot.ini is on the old XP.  I want to install 
>> Ubuntu over the old XP and end up with a dual boot system.  The first 
>> drive would have Ubuntu and the second rive would have my new XP.  My 
>> concern is that the computer looks to the first drive for the boot.ini 
>> (and other windows boot files) to give me my current dual-boot option.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> No Problem. Get the Ubuntu version you want from the Ubuntu
> web page and make a cd-rom with the file. Then using the
> "Live-CD" choose to do a manual selection of where to put
> Ubuntu and put it on top of the old XP. Also tell it to format
> that.
>
> 73 Karl
>
>
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