New answers tagged windows-xp
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1st you need to boot a live ubuntu disk and resize ubuntu to make room for xp using gparted
You should know xp only supports 3 primary partitions on a hdd (the partition table supports 4, guess xp can't count)
next use the boot menu to select your disk driver for booting using the boot menu, there should be info as soon as you hit the power button at the ...
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Boot-Repair is a simple tool to repair frequent boot issues you may encounter in Ubuntu like when you can't boot Ubuntu after installing Windows or another Linux distribution, or when you can't boot Windows after installing Ubuntu, or when GRUB is not displayed anymore, some upgrade breaks GRUB, etc.
To install it, open a terminal, and run next commands:
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3D acceleration in a VM
When installing more recent versions of Ubuntu we do rely on the presence of a graphics card capable of 3D acceleration needed for Compiz and Unity.
In a bare metal installation such a graphics adapter almost always is present. Ubuntu will then load the appropriate driver on boot. This is different in a virtualized machine where a ...
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As we discovered my answer is not that relevant if you use Wubi as it will do all the complicated work for you. But if somebody reading this plans to do it with grub instead then keep reading.
The problem with such setup is that it makes bootloader setup bit more difficult.
Namely when you want to boot to XP then Windows requires to be on the first ...
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Keep in mind that Ubuntu will not list your drives as C: D: etc. but will refer to them as /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc.
Please make a backup of your important data to be able to restore them if anything fails by accident
Boot the CD, and start the installation. Once you get to the installation screen, choose Something else
Choose the second Drive
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Press Esc during boot to see additional options. Choose nodmraid. See the community BootOptions page on Ubuntu.com.
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I experienced the same problem. Now it is solved. Use the following process.
Just Install Ubuntu to the same drive where it was previously. It will give the GRUB menu again. Then you can be able to boot Windows and Ubuntu both. So then using Windows Format or delete the ubuntu drive BUT DON"T restart, install MBR(similar to grub but it is for windows) then ...
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Yes, your system should be perfectly fine for the standard Ubuntu. ...But, the beauty of all the Ubuntu variants is that you can try them all without installing. You can put each on a CD/DVD or USB stick and try them out first.
I think you will find both Kubuntu and Ubuntu too slow on your hardware but feel free to give them a try.
Xubuntu is a lighter ...
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Yes, just choose „Install anlongside Windows“ when the installer asks you.
After installing Ubuntu you can easily access the Windows partition from within Ubuntu and transfer your files to Ubuntu.
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Depends on the system. Usually takes about a half hour on any of my systems. If you choose to pull updates automatically from online or to pull down additional packages or whatever it will extend the time.
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