hasn't dual booting become complicated?

bat999

Hi
I haven't tried Fiesty yet. But with the previous 2 versions (at least), Dapper and Edgy, there was definitely an option to resize the partitions without deleting Windows.
Maybe you missed something when you installed Fiesty.
As kingmonkey says, you should install Windows first - then make room for (K)ubuntu.

I think that your sequence is correct
1 Accept EULA
2 Create recovery discs
Then use the (K)ubuntu live disc to create a partition and install Linux in it and install a GRUB bootup menu.
:cool:

toasterman

Bat999 - I'm sure that option is on the same screen as the guided partition changing, or the option to wipe the whole disc.. it wasn't there.
I've downloaded the gpart live cd and will give that a try.

The comedy continues by the way - I ran the Hp recovery discs I made earlier, and it has picked one partition at random and recovered everything to that. That would be fine, except that its recovered everything to what was going to be my linux swap partition - so Windows XP is now complaining it's out of disk space. Lol.
I think that would mean though that if I repartitioned the drive into 2 lots of 30gb say.. then I could do a recovery and it would recover to one. I could then install a version of Linux on the other...and I'd get the same result that I was hoping for a few hours ago.

bat999

Hi
I think that you would do best to completely wipe your hard drive and start with the one unpartitioned disk.
Then recover Windows into it.
Then carve out a partition to put Linux into last.

But it's your call.

Good luck
:cool:

tweeter

I found this helpful for me, but old hat for techies I suppose.

http://www.vsubhash.com/writeups/multiboot_os.asp

aaazza

Hi,

I have found a simpler guide on the web: http://apcmag.com/node/5162/ gets quite a lot of good feedback. Hope that helps.

aaazza

kingmonkey

I strongly recommend you create a separate /home partition

albertross_2

Another slightly alternative approach, would be to install virtual PC, and run linux inside windows.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

toasterman

I had another go this morning before work, ran the recovery disc, and I swear I picked the exact same options as I did last night (when it recovered XP to the Linux Swap partition I'd made then complained it was out of disc space)...only this time it wiped everything, set it back to its original two partitions and put just XP back.

I tried the gpart thing but it doesn't even seem to boot to that.

I'll have another go later.
Interestingly, even though I'd uninstalled Norton Internet Security before I made the recovery discs, the recovery process puts the s**t waste-of-space software back on again.

bat999

Now that you've created the recovery disc you're sorted.
When you run out of patience just go down the 'illegal' route.
Then you can always revert back to 'legal' anytime.;) :cool:

wolfman

bat999 wrote: »

Hi
I think that you would do best to completely wipe your hard drive and start with the one unpartitioned disk.
Then recover Windows into it.
Then carve out a partition to put Linux into last.

Yeah this would be the approach I'd (if possible) try.

Split your drive into 4 partitions.

1 - For Windows
2 - Ubuntu
3 - For the SWAP file for Ubuntu
4 - For your files (if you don't have a 2nd hard drive).

Remember to mount your /home directory on another partition (not the Ubuntu one).