Ubuntu 5.10 & MS WinXP DualBoot How To

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Last Update : 7 Feb 2006
URL : http://www.hezardastan.org/breezy_xp_dualboot/en
Author: Mehdi Hassanpour

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Installing Ubuntu 5.10 & MS Windows Xp On HDD

• Installation on a new or completely formatted HDD

1. Installing MS Windows Xp on a new HDD
2. Creating new partitions using GParted
3. Installing Ubuntu 5.10 on this HDD

• Installation On HDD with already installed and Working MS Windows Xp

1. Editing and creating partitions using GParted
2. Installing Ubuntu 5.10 on this HDD

Graphical Boot Management using GAG

1. Downloading GAG
2. Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in MS DOS
3. Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in MS Windows
4. Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in MS Windows Xp
5. Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in Linux
6. Configuring & installing GAG on HDD
7. Uninstalling GAG from HDD

MS Windows Xp & Ubuntu 5.10 reinstallation on same HDD

1. MS Windows Xp reinstallation
2. Ubuntu 5.10 reinstallation

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Installing Ubuntu 5.10 & MS Windows Xp on HDD

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Installing Ubuntu 5.10 on this HDD

1. Set your BIOS configuration to boot your pc from CDROM, then insert the Ubuntu 5.10 installation disc in CDROM and reboot your pc. Start your Ubuntu 5.10 installation steps.
   
2. Do the Partition disks step like the shots below.

4. Now continue your installation process untill you see this shot, then do the GRUB boot loader installation like below shots.

5. Good, Now you can continue ubuntu 5.10 installation to the end.

Installation On HDD with already installed and Working MS Windows Xp

Editing and creating partitions using GParted

1. Move all your data from drives E, F, G ... to your drive D or burn them on CD/DVD, all your data on drives C and D will remain safe.
2. Do this step using a linux live CD with GParted package installed. I've used Ubuntu 5.10 Live CD here.
3. Set your BIOS to boot up your pc from CDROM, insert Ubuntu 5.10 Live CD and reboot your pc.
4. In this step we will create a / and a swap partition for our Ubuntu installation and a /home partition to keep our data there.

• Like the shot below start GParted.

• Your HDD partitioning may look like the shot below. Now start modifying existing partitions and create new linux partitions for Ubuntu installation.
  

• And then we will start creating our Ubuntu partitions in the free space.

• Complete this step with help of Creating new partitions using GParted. (The above shot is the second shot in Creating new partitions using GParted.)