Re: [vox-tech] dual system
Quoting Bill Kendrick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Boo for viruses. Yay for Linux. :) Will we see your friend at LUGOD or SacLUG? ;) Unfortunately, Linux's support for viruses is distinctly sub-par, but there's hope for eventual improvement: http://www.linux.com/articles/42031 ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] dual system
certainly it's easier if xp is installed first, since the Ubuntu installer takes care of everything, even copying bookmarks. With Linux on first, you'll just need to partition and then reload grub using the live-cd. It's described here: http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_linux_and_windows_xp_linux_installed_first.htm?page=1 -Carl On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Jimbo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: My friend wants to give linux a shot due to the rash of viruses he has received. I have been tweaking on his machine for about a week and have a nice user friendly ubuntu system with lots of eye candy. I now want to add xp (gave me a disk but unsure what machine it goes to, will probably call for it later). It is a pretty painless install for just one OS but I have grub set up to handle the boot options and want to leave it that way. Is there an easy way to install xp and still use grub? I know that if I install this on a partition it will automatically make a bootloader. If it does make its own bootloader can I somehow revert back to grub? Jimbo ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] dual system
Carl Boettiger wrote: certainly it's easier if xp is installed first, since the Ubuntu installer takes care of everything, even copying bookmarks. With Linux on first, you'll just need to partition and then reload grub using the live-cd. It's described here: http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_linux_and_windows_xp_linux_installed_first.htm?page=1 Of course, you have the first partition available for XP, do you not? Unless MS's approach has changed radically, it will not boot unless it's in the initial partition. Cheers Cam ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] dual system
Cam Ellison wrote: Carl Boettiger wrote: certainly it's easier if xp is installed first, since the Ubuntu installer takes care of everything, even copying bookmarks. With Linux on first, you'll just need to partition and then reload grub using the live-cd. It's described here: http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_linux_and_windows_xp_linux_installed_first.htm?page=1 Of course, you have the first partition available for XP, do you not? Unless MS's approach has changed radically, it will not boot unless it's in the initial partition. Cheers Cam There's a way to tell grub to fool windows into thinking it's on partition 0, IIRC. DR ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] dual system
On Sep 18, 2008, at 5:19 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: Cam Ellison wrote: Carl Boettiger wrote: certainly it's easier if xp is installed first, since the Ubuntu installer takes care of everything, even copying bookmarks. With Linux on first, you'll just need to partition and then reload grub using the live-cd. It's described here: http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_linux_and_windows_xp_linux_installed_first.htm?page=1 Of course, you have the first partition available for XP, do you not? Unless MS's approach has changed radically, it will not boot unless it's in the initial partition. Cheers Cam There's a way to tell grub to fool windows into thinking it's on partition 0, IIRC. DR How about installing Windows into a virtual environment on Linux with the free VMWare server or some other virtual environment? Just a thought :-) --Susan ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
