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I have just installed Ubuntu 5.10 and would like some help on configuring for a dual boot with Windows XP (installed on a separate hard drive). Is there an easy way to configure the boot.ini file in windows to accomplish this? Also I have an HP Deskjet 722C that i cannot figure out how to enable. Do I have to install a Linux driver for this? Thank you for all your assistance. Tom

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Frode Egeland (egeland) said : 		#1

Dual boot issue:
I would just connect the second HDD, and set up grub or lilo to have the WinXP partition as an option to boot to. I'd keep grub "in charge" of the booting, as Windows doesn't always play nice with others, and tends to overwrite the boot records. (So before doing anything, make a boot floppy).

Printer issue:
You'd need to set up your printer in CUPS. I believe the Ubuntu (in GNOME) has a control panel for this. (I use Kubuntu, and there is a KDE printer manager).

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Stefan Friedli (stefan-friedli) said : 		#2

As far as I know, booting a Linux Distribution including Ubuntu from the Windows Boot Manager configured in boot.ini is pretty impossible, though I don't want to claim there has no one accomplished that. However, I guess you'll make your life a whole lot easier just using GRUB to do this task. Notice, that Windows XP overwrites the MBA during the installation progress, so keep a boot disc or floppy ready to reinstall grub just in case you did install Windows after Linux.

About your printer issue. You may configure most printers using the GUI found in your System Maintenance Menu. This worked fine for me in most cases so far. The problem your encountering is, that the HP Deskjet 722C seems to cause trouble in several environments. Are you using an AMD64 processor? As far as I remember, several people had the same problem and unfortunately, I don't know any solution for this issue yet.

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Mahesh Kale (maheshkale) said : 		#3

As far as i know you can't try it using boot.ini
instead you can write boot sequence on LILO or GRUB it is preety good method.
You can even install bootloader software in windows to manage multiple booting sequence.
If you want to try LILO then reply here.i will send you solution.

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CoolTony (tonymravik) said : 		#4

Witch Ubuntu do I download it has AMD64 but mine is a AMD not the 64

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notbj (notbj) said : 		#5

You would use the "i386" version, after installing you could install the k7 kernel for AMD processors.

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Bojan Bozic (bojan-bozic) said : 		#6

Alternatively you can also look at this:

http://ubuntuguide.org/#windows

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Matheus Pacheco de Andrade (matheusp-andrade-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#7

The fact is that Windows doesn't boot when it 'thinks' it's on the second HD.
You should use this:
title Windows
  map (hd0) (hd1)
  map (hd1) (hd0)
  root (hd1,0)
  rootnoverify (hd1,0)
  makeactive
  chainloader +1

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