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linux and xp on same machine

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anant197 Original post #1
Jun 20, 2008 at 10:11 PM
i have xp sp2 installed on my system. i want to install ubuntu on my system keeping xp also without formatting any of the drive except of the drive on which i want to install ubuntu. please tell me the way...........
praka123
Jun 20, 2008 at 10:30 PM
make free space for Ubuntu.select manual partitioning while installing Ubuntu. select 7GB "/" (installation directory) and around 500MB+ SWAP partition.thats it!
*ubuntuguide.org

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Jun 21, 2008 at 10:03 PM
thanx praka
well u helped me out
thanx again