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r_o_b_b_y (m)
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Please can anyone put me through the process of running two OS on my pc? i want to run linux(ubuntu or any other) and windows and i don't know how to go about it. Someone told me something about partitioning my hard disk but what is it all about?
n/b
i have a 100gb hard disk space and a 1024ram.
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sbucareer (m)
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Partition your hard drive into two or three different entities using fdisk command from Windows or using Partition Manager if you have one.
Make sure you install windows first, starting from their oldest version i.e. 95, 95SE, 95ME, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista. If you install the older version and pop in a new version it will offer you to upgrade or clean installation, choose clean installation. During the process choose the partition to use and making note of the partition
Finally, install any Unix file system by choosing the partition other than the current installed on. Although some unix file system will tell you which file system is already in use but don't count on it.
You can choose to boot from a floppy or create a boot record on the file system, which either one you chose will potentially depends on your installation process.
Warning, you must be familiar with Windows file systems i.e. FAT/FAT32, NTFS and WinFS etc to understand which partition the boot record should be.
If you are going to install any 64-bits operating system particularly with windows, use WinFS filing System. It is the new generation filing system.
If you also plan to install 64-bits UNIX operating system use the new revised UFS system or FFS.
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cocoon
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Or better still. Partition your disk into 4 . C,D,E,F
install widows xp on C
Install ubuntu on E and F
E for the root
F for the swap
have a nice day
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r_o_b_b_y (m)
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thanks sbucareer. This looks like a though job though  |
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Icon (m)
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First decide which OS will be the host and which will be the guest. Then google, you'll find many answers.
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rof-lmao
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sbucareer pretty much laid it down. My only additions: 1. Repeating sbucareer's comments: You MUST install Windows first. 2. I see you have quite a large disk space so sizing the partitions shouldn't be too hard but things depend on how you use your machines. My point is that since both cannot access each other's file system where you keep your personal files and data is important. I run Vista and Ubuntu and although I use Ubuntu more often sometimes I'll need to work on Vista. To address the situation I have a separate FAT32 partition where I store my personal stuff which allows me to access(i.e Read + Write) my stuff independently of which OS I'm running but this is my setting. Handling FAT32 file systen is a well implemented in both. You may choose to set up your differently. Linux can access NTFS with Read access and although there are third party plug-ins to allow write access I WOULD NOT recommend it. Windows cannot access Ext2/Ext3 (Linux's file system) naturally but there is a third party plug-in(which I also have installed and use sometimes  ) that allows you Read and Write access to your Linux partition and although I haven't had or heard it misbehave I still wouldn't recommend it. Overall partitions is a very tricky area that you should tread carefully unless you have good experience and knowledge on them, and even if you do you should still play safe. A rule of thumb is that you have a back-up of what's most important to you externally because you may have to re-install some thing, some time when things to wrong. If you use you Windows more often and Linux sparingly then you may simply keep your stuff on your Windows partition and mount NTFS whenever you boot into Linux. If you're using Linux more often then I'll assume you're a Linux head and I need say no more. |
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krysto (m)
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kudos to sbucareer,cocoon,icon, & rof-imao,they have said it all.but if u don't have the prerequisite experience,contact system engineer close to u to put u through.
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r_o_b_b_y (m)
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First decide which OS will be the host and which will be the guest. Then google, you'll find many answers.
I want linux as the guest OS, because i am still learning it. kudos to sbucareer,cocoon,icon, & rof-imao,they have said it all.but if u don't have the prerequisite experience,contact system engineer close to u to put u through.
Thanks but i will rather do it on my own and learn @rof-lmao Thanks a lot.  |
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Tornadoz (m)
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You can do it, just google "partition tutorial with fdisk" or something like that. In 1-3hrs you should know how to partition. If you are lazy grab partition magic off a torrent. If you don't know what a torrent is, google it.
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drgamz (m)
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I will suggest going for a virtualisation-based solution as this also allows you to run the second OS in a virtual terminal. This is the latest trend in running multiple OS on a single Host The two big players are VMware and Apple Parallels. I have a Windows XP PRO notebook and run Ubuntu in a VMware Workstation. You can readily switch/ share resources such as USB, CD-ROM etc between your Virtual OS and your underlining OS. More information can be gotten from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMwarehttp://www.vmware.com/ |
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ObaMan (m)
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How can i install win 98 with win xp?
win xp is already installed.
Please advise?
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Enigma_2k4
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I don't see the need to go back to Win 98, you can do it from Win XP.
I'd recommend you download Dualboot, it's a free program and it works really well.
Be careful which filesystem you format your different partitions too, NTFS, FAT32 etc.
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ObaMan (m)
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i have a flash disk which has a privacy password that encrypts about 220 mb of 256mb.
I wrongly formatted the disk and now i have only 25mb to use.
I have the software to regain it but it will only run on win 98.
What do u think?
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