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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Topics

Installing Ubuntu 5.10 & MS Windows Xp On HDD

Installation on a new or completely formatted HDD

Installation On HDD with already installed and Working MS Windows Xp

Graphical Boot Management using GAG

MS Windows Xp & Ubuntu 5.10 reinstallation on same HDD

Graphical Boot Management using GAG

Downloading GAG

If you are in Windows now, download GAG here with your favorite download manager and then extract the package.
If you are in Linux now, download GAG and extract it using commands below.

wget -c http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gag/gag45d.zip
unzip gag45d.zip -d ~

Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in MS DOS

Insert a formatted floppy in floppy drive, change directory to extracted GAG folder then run install.bat.

Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in MS Windows

Insert a formatted floppy in floppy drive, change directory to extracted GAG folder and double click on install.bat.

Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in MS Windows Xp

Insert a formatted floppy in floppy drive, change directory to extracted GAG folder and double click on install_xp.cmd.

Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in Linux

Insert a formatted floppy in floppy drive, and run these commands in terminal.

cd ~/gag45
dd if=disk.dsk of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=2880

Configuring & installing GAG on HDD

Set your BIOS to boot up your pc from Floppy, insert the Floppy you created in last step into floppy drive and reboot your pc.

When you see the below shot press 4 to start the GAG installation.

When you see this Remember page below, press any key to continue.

Press 1 here to choose your keyboard.

Press F to choose English language here.

This step is for configuring GAG boot manager. When you see the below shot press S.

Press D.

Press 1.

Press A to add an OS to your boot manager.

Press B to add Windows Xp to boot manager.

Type Windows Xp in the popup window.

If you wish your boot manager ask password before entering in Windows Xp type a password here, and If you would like to enter your Windows Xp without permission press Enter when you see this popup.

Now choose an icon for your Windows Xp to be shown in boot manager. I press C for Windows icon here.

Press A to add an OS to your boot manager.

Press C to add Ubuntu to boot manager.

Type Ubuntu in the popup window.

If you wish your boot manager ask password before entering in Ubuntu type a password here, and If you would like to enter your Ubuntu without permission press Enter when you see this popup.

Now choose an icon for your Ubuntu to be shown in boot manager. I press D for Linux icon here.

Press H to install GAG with these configuration on HDD or press F to install on Floppy, Note that if you install GAG with these configurations on Floppy you need to boot from Floppy to see GAG menu and boot with GAG.
I press H here to install GAG on my HDD, a popup will show GAG succesfull installation.

Remove the floppy and set your BIOS to boot from HDD and reboot your pc.
You will see the GAG boot manager interface when you turn on your pc, Now press 1 to enter Windows Xp and press 2 to enter Ubuntu.

Uninstalling GAG from HDD

Set your BIOS configuration to boot from floppy.
Insert your GAG floppy in floppy drive and turn on your pc.
In the first configuration step press 5 to uninstall GAG.