[hllug] Re: dual boot XP/U-10.04
- From: Lee Parmeter <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:24:50 -0500
On 04/19/2011 10:04 PM, hc@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hey gang, I need my hand held. I have a three box Cat-5 LAN, all running
> Ubuntu 10.04 and I am
> replacing one box with a Dell GX270 I bought on ebay for $57Tot. (looks brand
> new but warranty
> is refurbished).
>
> The Dell has a new install of XP on a 40gig. SATA I want to add a SATA 160
> gig with.
> I only want XP running to use some graphic tools and I have also several
other programs that
> I never really found a good substitute on Linux and I never could get
used to virtual operation ,
>or wine and wound up confused every time. So since both drives are SATA
then can either be the
> primary drive for the XP to be on. Currently it is only HD installed and has
> a virgin copy of
> XP installed on a 40G single partition, I have the Dell XP rescue di. I
do not need more than
> 20 G for the XP space. Would it be better to dual load on U-10.04 on the
40 taking 1/2 of it.
> Will the Dell restore disk still work after parted changes the partition?
Can I partition the
> drive first with 3 partitions one that would be a dup of the C: drive in
ext3 or is that of value.
> I have not used the Dell to make any changes just ran it to check it out.
Anyway please sort me out.
> Thanks hh
For the Dell Restore to work properly, I would leave the 40GB partition as
is. Just install the new 160GB drive and tell Ubuntu to install on the
160GB drive. You will have to do this manually and "4go" the auto-partition
option when you come to it during the installation process. The Ubuntu
installer will then setup GRUB with menu options to boot either O/S.
If you were to restore the WinXP image on the 40GB drive, you may lose GRUB
if Ubuntu installed it on the 40GB drive. In this case, you would have to
reinstall GRUB but your Linux installation would be restored.
It's pretty easy to restore grub with the "rescue-cd" if you have to do
this sometime in the future.
I have other installation options if you want to hear them.
What is the CPU and ram memory in the Dell GX270 you purchased?
--
Lee Parmeter
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"When it comes to Vista: just say NO! If you're not ready for Linux, buy a
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- Lee Parmeter
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