Dual Boot Guide (XP & Ubuntu) With Annotations

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i used Windows XP & Ubuntu 7.10 64bit AMD

NOTE : in the steps i say sda1 if you have a IDE hdd i think it will say hda1

Step 1
Install XP make sure when you install xp you leave some hard drive space for Ubuntu, around 5-20gb.(for this install skip to step 5)

You can use your existing xp you have now but installing fresh is easier.

Step 2 (installing Ubuntu with xp already installed)
Once Ubuntu has loaded go System/Administration/Partition Editor

Step 3
You should now see one partition called something like /dev/sda1 if using a SATA hard drive, you may also have around 8mb unallocated, first thing is to right-click on the first partition it should be NTFS or FAT32 in the file system.

Step 4
Then click "Resize/Move", you can then drag the black arrow on the right back to reduce the size of the windows partition then click "Resize/Move". Once you have dragged it back you should see numbers in the "Free Space Following (MiB) this should be a minimum of 5GB

Step 5
Click "Install" on the desktop, if the install window is too big for your screen i.e. your resolution is too small you can use "ALT + Click" to move the up a little. Pick you language and click "Forward".

Step 6
Select your time zone and click "Forward"

Step 7
Select your keyboard settings and click "Forward"

Step 8
Now you should see some options click "Manual" and then "Forward"

Step 9
Now depending on how you have setup partitions you should have a
dev/sda1 ntfs media/sda1 you need to right-click and select "edit partition"
then at "mount point" select "/windows" and click ok

Step 10
Right-click on the free space and click "New partition" put the partition as "512" in the size and for "Use as" put swap then click ok

Step 11
Right-click on the free space and click "New partition" use all the free space you have and "Use as" = "ext3" click ok

Step 12
Right-click on the ext3 drive and put the mount point as "/" then check everything and click ok.

Step 13
Setup your username and password then click ok

Step 14
You should now be installing Ubuntu 7.10

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[chiboribo]

I'm gonna order a Ubuntu Live CD and buy an external CD/DVD drive (I have a netbook, so it doesn't have a CD drive).

Then I'm gonna' install it through Windows using Wubi...

It seems the most simple option...

[gavshouse]

yes its simple but has problems for example if windows get corrupt you loose ubuntu aswell, i do not recommend using wubi maybe for a mess about then install correctly

[hpfc123]

great tutorial, thx alot, i have one question though, how much RAM do i need on my computer for this to work properly?

[gavshouse]

well the min would be 512mb, but 2gb would work best

[tecillo]

Great video im stuck in the middle of an ubuntu install right now. Why do you make a partition between 512 to 1000Mb though? Is there a reason?

[gavshouse]

Well.., basically what happens when you turn your pc on is it loads an operating system thats not windows or ubuntu its loads something called "Grub" which then allows you to pick what operating system you want "Windows" or "Ubuntu".

Note: Grub isnt an operating system its actually called a "Boot Loader"

The reason for 512mb-1024mb is there this boot loader needs to be stored somewhere and that is where, now grub only needs 512mb

[AvidAngels]

@hpfc123 Is it true if my notebook had 2GiB Ram I must spare 4GiB for ubuntu 11.04 swap area to work properly?

[benboo247]

i have 11.04 :)

[yashankcronaldo07]

hey,ive installed ubuntu in my vista windows(dual-boot)

how do i increase hdd space in ubuntu from my vista hdd?

[MsAce444]

@Ese186 naaaaa it sucks everything is overpriced

[Ese186]

@CorporateSaboteur Yeah thats what i did too. I got windows 7 for gaming and Ubuntu 11.04 for all other things :D

[CorporateSaboteur]

@Ese186 Actually, so can I XD. I prefer it over XP, but now I am moved on to Ubuntu. The only reason I am running XP is for gaming.

[Ese186]

@CorporateSaboteur Mac OS X is very good OS i can say. I used it for a while ( with my friend's macbook pro ) and it acts very good.

[CorporateSaboteur]

3 people are running Mac OS X

[matrixfoxtard]

lawlz @tommyevanallen252 i smell a scam

[fr4nkie82]

reinstall... something might not of work right