Re: [Sheflug] Ultimate dual booting guide

[Lesley Binks <lesley.binks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Fisher wrote:
> Came across this:
> 
> http://apcmag.com/node/5162/
> 

I have XP installed all over one laptop drive and would like to get 
Linux on there too.  I've never dual booted without making sure I have 
the required partitions already set up and I do not want to lose my XP 
set up.  It's also been a few years since I last dual booted.

I could sit down and repartition and reinstall or buy a partitioning 
ssoftware but this set of articles appears to claim that Ubuntu can do 
the partitioning for you.

My question is how reliable is the Ubuntu partitioning software?  Will 
it preserve the XP install or will it make it unbootable or wreck the data?

Before anyone says - go make an XP rescue disk - I don't have a floppy 
drive on the laptop.

Regards

L.



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