Vista/XP/Ubuntu Partition Question...

[James Takac]

On Friday 28 December 2007 00:58:09 Derek Broughton wrote:
> John Toliver wrote:
> > My other concern, and this is fresh in my mind, because I just finished
> > configuring dual boot for XP and Gutsy on my T23.  Everyone, and I mean
> > everyone I've talked to says you can't setup dual boot with XP being
> > installed second.  XP needs to be installed first.  Then pop in a iive CD
> > and ubuntu carves space out of the partitions afterward.
> >
> > I would love for someone to jump in and tell me I'm wrong.  I think it's
> > ridiculous.  The comment above about "grub-install" from a live CD
> > terminal seems promising though, if you've installed Gutsy first.
>
> I don't see how you can say "everyone", after I just gave that advice. 
> I've done it - and more than once.
>
> http://www.nabble.com/problem-with-GRUB-to11733739.html
> was for a much more difficult case (boot from an external drive) but the
> principle's the same.
> --
> derek



Hi Derek

I'm a relative newbie myself to the ubuntu scene and have successfully done 
the dual boot ubuntu first and windows last. Just had to reinstall grub which 
was no biggie

James