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[Tutorial] How to dual boot Linux and Windows

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Cyrus_the_virus
Cyrus_the_virus Original post #1
Feb 21, 2008 at 12:50 AM
1. How to dual boot Linux and Windows XP (Linux installed first)

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2. How to dual boot Windows XP and Linux (XP installed first)

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3. How to dual-boot Vista with Linux (Linux is already installed)

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4. How to dual-boot Vista with Linux (Vista installed first)

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Atleast some of them should now give it a try and not be scared of not knowing how to do it. If someone can make this a sticky, or write a similar one and make it a sticky, I guess it would be helpful to everyone.:p
Rahim
Rahim #2
Feb 21, 2008 at 12:53 PM
^How to dual boot 2 Linux Distros, if it sounds noobish ,forgive me.
Will Grub automatically detect other Linux Distro or i have to manually edit menu.list?
ray|raven
ray|raven #3
Feb 21, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Most of the time Grub or Lilo will detect the other operating systems,
In the rare case that it does not, its quite easy to edit the menu.lst(in case of Grub) or lilo.conf(in case of Lilo).

Regards,
ray
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mehulved #4
Feb 21, 2008 at 2:48 PM
For 2 *nix OS's install first's boot code on MBR and then on, on /partition.
Then modigy the boot code to see other OS's. This will depend on the OS and the boot code you will be using.
casanova
casanova #5
Feb 21, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Nice tutorials. My bro is using ubuntu and the grub loader was too slow for me. Was using two HDDs now, I can start with Vista loader and ask my brother to use the Vista boot loader instead
shady_inc
shady_inc #6
Feb 21, 2008 at 6:15 PM
rayraven said:
Most of the time Grub or Lilo will detect the other operating systems,
In the rare case that it does not, its quite easy to edit the menu.lst(in case of Grub) or lilo.conf(in case of Lilo).

Regards,
ray
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Linux distros do a very bad job of recognizing each other.! :mad: After I installed Sabayon, I just couldn't find Ubuntu entry at boot-time despite me adding it to GRUB list during installation.Had to re-setup the GRUB again and add entries manually.