You have a computer with 80 GB hard disk and Ubuntu 8.04 is
installed on entire hard disk. Now you have to create a
seprate partition for Windows OS and Install Win Xp as Dual
boot. write down the steps involed along with the commands.
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Answer / ravinder pal singh
If entire hard disk is given ti Ubuntu there is no space
for XP. First install Windows else windows will overwrite
MBR of Ubuntu. So first install XP. Leave free space for
Ubuntu. and then install Ubuntu using free space
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Answer / shyam nandan
Step 1:Check for sufficient disk space avilable for Windows
Xp Installation (use command df,fdisk etc.)
Step 2:Make a seprate Partition (use fdisk)
Step 3:Note the active partition no(number of the partition
where your Ubuntu already installed) it will need after
installation of the XP operating system
Step 4: reboot the system
Step 5: insert the Installtion CD in the CDROM. Install the
xp on the newly created partition in (Step 2).
Step 6: your system will only start in XP after installation
at this stage.
Step 7: Make changes in the boot.ini file (XP). Insert the
full path of the Ubantu Kernel of your system(noted in step
3).Editing the boot.ini is necessary because XP over ride
the MBR.
Step 8:reboot the system
Step 9: now you will see a menu to select the OS to boot
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Answer / anzal
put the xp cd in the drive
and then restart the system press f8 or f9
read the menu install the xp soft..........
in the harddisk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
TRY IT..............................
BY
ANZAL ABDUL AZEEZ
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step 1:first check the free space available for win if the
disk there is no space for win then
step 2:
insert floppy disk and partition the disk
step 3:note the current Ubuntu partition for next use
step 4:
then reboot the system
step 5:
insert the Win Xp os cd in cd drive
step 6:install the win xp on new partition
step 7:
restart the computer
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Answer / vinod thakur
first currept the boot loader of linux (some time it can be
done by window cd if not then currept the boot loader of
linux by using dd command ) then install window on free
space (if u have ) after instalation recover the boot loader.
VINOD THAKUR
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Answer / mcmarc
fdisk /dev/hda(sda)
m --> for menu
n-- to create a new partition
t-- to set the partition type
l-- to list the partition type
p-- print the partition table
w -- write the partition table to disk
reboot the system and select the newly created partition and
make changes in the /boot/grub/grub.conf file
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Answer / kamran
leave free space and install windows XP and give boot loader
to ubantu . used free space for Xp
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 10 Yes | 24 No |
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