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dual boot with windows XP

Asked by don

I have a x86 P4 computer with windows XP that I installed u12.10 and I think the install went OK.
I re-partitioned the single harddrive and checked them, they are all reporting as healthy.

So, I just need to have the dual-boot menu at start-up but this PC just starts XP.
I tried booting to the u12.10 DVD and select the boot options but not sure what's next.
Your suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

In the liveCD, if you run:

sudo fdisk -l

DO you see linux parttions and the NTFS?

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don (e9x6-don) said : 		#2

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I do see the NTFS and linux partitions.
I see the menu has selections on which one to boot from.
I choose the wrong one since it boots with the message'" missing Windows HAL"

Your suggestions are appreciated.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Great. If you run:

sudo update-grub

What is output?

Thanks

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don (e9x6-don) said : 		#4

OK, I may not understand what you are asking but I will give this a try.

This PC will not boot so I am using the u12.10 install DVD to boot this computer.
When the kybd. logo appears, I press -SHIFT- key to get the boot menu.
I select install u12.10
I get to the drives menu where;
dev/sda5 NTFS = 60G
  /sda6 ext4 = 4G
  /sda7 linus swap = 1G(flash)
  /sda2 NTFS = 60 G

I don't know which drive to boot on and what to setup for the dual boot method.
Thanks for your help.

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zvacet (ivicakolic) said : 		#5

Try to press shift key to see grub and then select witch OS you want to boot.In my opinion 4B for /root is maybe not enough.It will be better to give Ubuntu 10GB.

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zvacet (ivicakolic) said : 		#6

I read your post one more time.You didn´t install ubuntu yet,didn´t you? If that is a case maybe http://members.iinet.net.au/~herman546/p22.html video can help you with installation process.

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