Re: [Sheflug] Ultimate dual booting guide

[Robin Wood <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 14:16 +0100, Lesley Binks wrote:
> 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.
> 

I've used gparted a few times and found it to work really well. I've
also used the commercial Partition Magic which also did the job.

> 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?
> 
It is based on gparted so should be ok

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

Can you do it with a usb stick?

> Regards
> 
> L.
> 
> 
> 
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