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Linux Ubuntu, dual boot installation problem during partitioning, any expert!?

Description : Hi friends! any expert on Linux Ubuntu. 1. I have windows xp on my notebook compaq presario v2000. 2. Wanted to load linux as dual boot. 3. Tried with Suse linux, but there was some blank or black screen problem after installation. 4. Someone suggested Ubuntu linux. 5. Downloaded and burned ubuntu on a cd. 6. But this time during installation during partitioning there was a serious problem. 7. On ubuntu webpage they say for partiioning i will get 4 option, but i got only three options in my cd. 8. The missing option was the most important , which was required for dual boot. " Guided resize and use free space". 9. So i had to abort my Ubuntu installation as using any other option could have effected my current xp installation or might have formated my whole notebook. 10. So any comment why the dual boot partitioning option was absent in my ubuntu cd. 11. Or there is some thing to be activated in my notebook setting to enable dual boot. 12. Waiting for your expert comments. 13. Thanks!!! Thanks for your expert comments, 1. Ya my harddisk is SATA so may be that is one reason. 2. The other options i dont remember exactly but they were like, "do manual partition" (for experts, and i am not an expert, though have some knowledge of computers and installing software and maintainance) and like, "Auto partitioning but the whole harddisk will be comsidered" that is my windows and other data will be gone forever. So i didnt took risk. 3. Fragmentation may be a reason, but during my suse linux installation, suse partioning manager could manage all those things and suse could manage the auto partitioning for dual boot. 4. I went on linux forum, and will again try to get some answer. 5. Also i did took my backup, so thanks for the advice. 6. Also i didnt go for the manual option as i am not an expert and cant take risk. 7. I also tried to check the suse partioning manager in suse control panel to take some help. Out there i could get one strange thing that my c drive was showing a "Lock" i couldnt get why the c drive was showing lock and not the d and e drive.

Answer : I haven't used Ubuntu, but I am gonna go out on a limb here and say that perhaps the reason that option was missing has to do with lack of disk space. Just because you have say, 5 GB free for example, doesn't mean that space is contiguous. Windows file systems (FAT and NTFS) are very prone to fragmenting, which can (read:WILL) result in your free space being scattered around after awhile. Personally I would be very leery of resizing an existing partition with data already on it, anyway. That can spell disaster. Like if the power suddenly went off while it was resizing, you probably would be less than pleased with the result. The best way to do it would be to put Ubuntu on a second hard drive, so that you don't need to partition your Windows drive. An old small one would do just fine, as Linux does not need nearly the amount of disk space that Windows does (unless you want to install lots of software of course, and Ubuntu has tons of packages available). If you really want to resize your Windows partition, you need to defragment it first, so as to put all your free space into a contiguous section, and then MAYBE the Ubuntu installer will show the elusive missing option. Back up any important data though if you plan to try to resize your Windows partition. If you can't do either of these for whatever reason, then another way is to get to a command line and format and partition your hard drive using cfdisk. You will need at least one linux native partition, one Linux swap partition, and a Windows partition. This will delete all existing data so backup. After you have created your partitions, remove the Ubuntu disk and install Windows FIRST. Then go back and install Ubuntu.

How to install Linux on XP computer?

Description : I have the DVD and CD SUSE Linux 10.0, and have installed it in the past on a computer with Win XP. It was easy to install and partitioned with ease and made me a fast Linux fan. I now have a desktop with an updraded Win XP Pro, and I am trying to install SuUSE Linux 10.0. The computer goes direct to Windows and will not boot the Linux and show the entry screen that is supposed to guide me through installation. I do not want to presume that Microsoft has made a feature to prevent installation of a second OS. More than likely I am doing something wrong or am missing an important step. Is there a way to get the computer to boot from the Linux Disk. Really miss Linux!

Answer : Put the CD drive ahead of the hd in the BIOS boot order.

Idiot needs help with SuSE linux 10.1?

Description : I had Windows XP Professional and Suse Linux 10.1 "installed''--dual boot. I followed a tutorial showing me how to uninstall Linux by means of deleting partitions. Hence, drive G was created. But then when I restarted a my computer I could boot into windows because of, as I now know, grub. So I reinstalled Linux. Well! I found another tutorial telling me to do that same thing--so now I have a drive T as well as a G--and that I could then merge those partitions. So I downloaded this program: . It was the only one I could find that had a free trial and was a .exe installer file. Right, so I was forced to restart my computer . . only I could not, due to grub. So I reinstalled Linux, and now I have more partitions than I started with. How can I merge them so I only have a drive D and C (plus the removable ones) and uninstall SUSE linux? I do not have an installer CD for XP because it came pre-installed. And I can't remember my SuSE username and password. Can any one please explain all this to me, step by step, slowly(!) and in plain English because I'm stupid and even now I barely know what I'm talking about. I've looked and looked and looked for tutorials and either I can't understand them, or they don't fit my situation. Well, before I got to the part where I put in my username and password and such--that is, right after the installation--it booted me back to the main menu and THEN took me back to the grub boot screen. Then my computer restarted myself. Just as it shut off, I pulled out the SUSE linux dvd, then as it was starting up, I hit the system recovery key--f10--on the compaq startup screen. This has never worked, but I tried, nearly out of habit. My key pressing went ignored. The grub boot screen started up-now, here's where mine is rather unusual (at least I think it is--it didn't look like this the first time I installed linux--this is my third time to install it): Suse Linux 10.1 windows 1 windows 2 Floppy Suse Linux 10.1 in safe mode. At least, this is how I remember the menu . . My memory really is terrible. Now, normally to log onto Windows I have to use windows 2--windows 1 just takes be back to the boot screen. But I thought, might as well, and opted for windows 1. I was then taken to the Windows System Recovery console. I went throught the process . . . it kept my old programs, restored my default settings, brought back all of my OLD bookmarks (from last year) and plugins for firefox. . . . The partitions were still split up the same, but with different names. I'm scared to restart again and see what happens.

Answer : honestly? reinstall. even an expert would spend more time trying to sort this out and get everything to work, not even properly. save - your bookmarks (FireFox) - your favorites (M$ & all) - My Documents - My Images - all the other Mies which may hang around - any file you may have saved / created, most likely under c:Documents and Settings to a DVD or USB and reinstall XP. at install time, delete all the partitions and re-create only one. once you have reinstalled XP & all the programs to c:, access your data on the DVD or the USB. if you want to make your life easy, get yourself an USB stick of 4GB, use that as a backup device right now and once you have reinstalled, use it as your data media (instead of letting M@kes $h!t LostDOS put everything in c:Documents and Settings ) good luck!

I need help with running Linux software?

Description : I am currently downloading a free 5-CD installation of Linux from Suse Technologies to replace my old Windows-XP Operating System. The reason why is because our Windows-XP Serial Number was activated (in a two-year period) 12 times. 12 TIMES. There is also a reason to that as well. The person who custom-built the computer had not realized that the memory was not compatible with the hardware, but he did not realize that GOING TO COLLEGE TO LEARN HOW TO BUILD COMPUTERS IS NECESSARY. So he re-did the OS 7 times to fix it. So Microsoft, being nice as they were, decided to give us "special perimission" to activate our OS, but from now on, the serial number will be rejected. We sure as hell don't want to spend $100 on a new copy of XP, so we are getting Linux. My questions are: (1). Can Linux be booted from CD like XP?, (2). Can Linux run exe., zip., and other Windows-based applications?, and (3). Can I install my old Windows games on a Linux OS? I greatly appreciate it -Kyle Moore

Answer : (1) The install process can. Some versions can run entirely from CD. (e.g. Ubuntu) (2) exe - sometimes. WINE is an emulation layer (ish) that will run some Windows programs. zip - isn't an application format, its a compression format. There are plenty of tools that run under Linux that can decompress zip files. (3) As for exe files. Sometimes. The version of WINE from Transgaming can handle more then regular WINE. http://www.transgaming.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&file=index&ceid=29

Installing SUSE Linux?

Description : I am trying to install SUSE Linux 10.2 via internet installation with a single CD with the mini ISO on it. I have changed my boot order to start with the CD, I used a freeware program that knows how to burn ISOs since XP doesn't know how as well. But every time I restart with the CD, it still boots into Windows. Someone suggested holding down Shift, though that changes nothing. Any help would be immensely appreciated. I used a freeware burning tool called CD Burner XP, which was suggested on the SUSE Linux website.

Answer : if the iso is copied over correctly (check the cd there should be several directory's and files on the cd, if there is only one file "the iso" then it did not do the iso correctly) you will need to get into BIOS and change the boot order.

How to change dual boot system?

Description : I have the following three operating systems on my computer: 1) Windows XP 2) Windows 7 3) Suse (Linux) Order of installation: XP>Win 7> Suse When I had installed Win7, the boot screen would give me option to choose from XP and Win7. After installing Suse, it took over the boot system, and displays a linux-like boot screen, allowing me to choose from Suse (default), Win7, and XP. I want to change this booting system offered by Suse, and switch back to Windows' boot system. i.e. the interface would change. The reason for wanting this, is that under My computer properties>system recovery, nothing shows up in the boot menu. Any help?

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Cant downgrade windows 7?

Description : Hey guys, I'm having a lot of compatibility issues with the pre-installed windows 7 home premium 64bit. Because of this, i want to downgrade to windows xp 32-bit but because the way that lenovo installed all the backing up features of windows 7, i dont want to lose windows 7. To do this, i partitioned my 500gb hard drive. I made 70gb for windows 7, 50 gb for suse linux, and the rest for windows xp. Now, when i insert my windows xp cd and attempt to boot from it from the bios menu, but after it loads the initial file set up, it gives me an error saying that it can't go any further, and that i should check for errors on my hd. i did check for the errors, and none were found. I then tried to install windows xp straight from windows 7, by double clicking on the cd icon. The installation menu came up but the "install windows xp" words were grayed out and i couldn't click the button. Is windows 7 not allowing me to install windows xp? What do i do? windows 7 has so many annoying issues and i really want to have a seperate downgraded partition. Please respond as soon as possible. Thank you. edit;; i was wondering if i were to downgrade to windows 7 ultimate 32bit, should this fix most of the compatibility issues? For some odd reason, i can't get the windows xp emulation to work my ultimate edition, but even without this emulation, should most of the compatibility issues go away? I was thinking of trying this instead of windows xp, i haven't tested to see if it will give me the same problem as the windows xp downgrade. I'll update on that later.

Answer : You can't install a 32-bit version of Windows on 64-bit hardware or over a 64-bit version of Windows.

Does Mandriva support dualbooting on a pc?

Description : I want to install Mandriva Linux 2007 Power Pack Plus as a secondary operating system (along side Windows XP Professional) but I do not have a external harddrive to install it on, meaning I'll have to share it as a partition on my 2nd internal hd. But does Mandriva support partitioning or dualbooting? Last thing I need is for Mandriva to screw up during installation and destroy all my data. I was previously a SuSE 10.1se user, which has a dual boot option.

Answer : ya

Help with multi booting!?

Description : Hi all, I have listed this on a couple of other forums as i know this is quite specific, but i have faith in you! I run a netbook which i had previously added windows 7 and osx to (using the chameleon loader) I recently discovered ubuntu (ver 10.04) and added that, as i had read the grub boot loader overwrote the chameleon, but all was fine, ubuntu's loader instantly picked up windows osx and itself on boot... perfect. My netbook has now been replaced with a newer model (constant buisness commutes limit their 'aesthetically pleasing' lifespan) and so I used it around the home and thought I may aswell use it as a test bed for OS before I mess around with my current nebook (used for work) or my desktop (used for work too sadly!). And thought I'd add a few more OS. I did a bit of research and found that to add pc-bsd, i would have to forgo windows xp (fine i never use it) as it needed a primary partition. all other linux would have to share the extended partition as ext4 logicals, but there shouldn't be a problem, just reload grub 2 from ubuntu after. That was a week ago. I have gone round and round in circles with this one and am starting to think it is not possible. I am trying to configure the hard drive as follows (order on disc) Windows7 (primary), OS x (primary), [(extended partition) Ubuntu netbook ed,swap partition, linux mint, fedora 12 games spin, data partition for documents (ntfs shared partition), open suse 11.2, swap partition, mandriva one 2010, kubuntu](end of extended partition), pc-bsd (primary partition) Here's where I'm at - I can install each of them on their designated partitions with no other os on the drive and have them boot fine (instillations are fine) trying to get them all on is a nightmare. At first I tried what was said online - add windows, then osx, then the others in any order (i did this in the order on drive) making sure that a linux with grub 2 is installed last. I got 'H00000000 hfs+ partition error' from the apple partition and ubuntu had a fit on installation "error 2 installation may fail... and did. next i tried installing all linux but ubuntu first, without their bootloaders, then pc-bsd without it's bootloader, then windows, osx and finally ubuntu. again ubuntu quit the installation, this time without the error message. I suspect that the error is being caused by either open suse 11.2 or mandriva one 2010, but i can't be sure (just a hunch). Obviously as a last resort I'm going to have to keep going through until i find out where the conflict will arise, but this will take an age (9 OS, thats 64 pairings, each with an average set up time (for 2 OS) of say an hour... I don't have that kind of time! Has anyone done this? does anyone see where I'm going wrong, can it even be done?! please help guys! thanks in advance!

Answer : here is a little secret a single drive can only have 4 primary partitions or 3 primary partitions and 1 extended partition containing 3 more logical partitions that is a limitation, that is the rule and thats your problem

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