[Linux-disciples] dual boot on a system that already has linux

[Karl Sokol]

So, it went off more or less smoothly.  Windows asks which partition to
install on.  I put it in.  On restart, it went straight to windows.  For the
record, here is what I did to restore Grub as per the Ubuntu How-To...

   1. Boot from the Live CD if you can't boot from the hard disk into
   Ubuntu.
   2. In the terminal, run:

   sudo grub

   At the grub command prompt, run the following commands:
      1.

      find /boot/grub/stage1

      You should see something like (hdX,Y) where X and Y will be
      numbers, e.g., (hd0, 1).
      2.

      root (hdX,Y)

      where X and Y above should be replaced by the appropriate
      numbers returned in step 1.
      3.

      setup (hdX)

      where X above should be replaced by the appropriate number
      returned in step 1.
      4.

      quit

       3. GRUB should now be installed on the Master Boot Record
   (MBR). Reboot.

All is well now.  Thanks.


On 7/12/07, Adam Rosi-Kessel <adam at rosi-kessel.org> wrote:
>
> Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> >> I have a dual boot system, winxp and ubuntu.  the windows side has an
> >> unlicensed installation.  I want to install a legal version over it,
> without it
> >> messing up my ubuntu install.  Can someone point me to a tutorial on
> how to
> >> safely install windows without it interfering with the other
> partitions?
> >
> > I'm pretty sure you'll have no problem. What you'd do is
> > reboot from the Windows CD; it'll ask you which partition
> > you want to install to, and you'll select the partition that
> > already has Windows installed. (You should get a list of
> > partitions, one of which will hopefully be labeled 'Linux'
> > and another of which will be labeled 'Windows.') It'll go
> > from there and never touch the Linux one, I believe.
>
> I'm not so sure. My experience has been that Windows likes to wipe the
> entire device, although I haven't done an XP installation recently. Or
> maybe ever.
>
> If you have an external hard disk with enough space, I would recommend
> backing up the whole disk first. Or you could just back up the linux
> partition, and if the device is wiped, you could then shrink the XP
> partition down and just copy the linux partition back.
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