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Mike...

Hi,

I have windows xp I am going to fit an extra hard drive for ubuntu(linux) how do i make the system dual boot?

liamo

You don't have to do anything. Ubuntu will detect XP and include it in the boot list .

Creamy Goodness

liamo wrote:

You don't have to do anything. Ubuntu will detect XP and include it in the boot list .

yup ubuntu is one of the most easiest distributions to install. it will basically ask you during the setup to decide where you want to install ubuntu.

you select your second hard drive which is independent of the windows drive, and creat your main partition there and your linux swap partition. (like ram but stored on the hard drive).

Mike...

Done it today.....never used linux before...it's class

pickarooney

There's a Ubuntu installer for Windows out now. Looks class, you DL a 1.5MB file, answer a few installation questions and a built-in torrent client in the installer does the rest, including sorting out the boot loader. Don't have the link right now but it's probably buried in this thread somewhere.

Khannie

pickarooney wrote:

you DL a 1.5MB file, answer a few installation questions and a built-in torrent client in the installer does the rest, including sorting out the boot loader.

:eek:

Impressive.