Ubuntu 5.10 & MS WinXP DualBoot How To

[rik]

http://www.hezardastan.org/breezy_xp_dualboot/en/breezyinstall.html#installbreezy

This is a step by step graphical howto for dual booting windows xp and ubuntu
linux.

Topics

Installing Ubuntu 5.10 & MS Windows Xp On HDD

* Installation on a new or completely formatted HDD

1. Installing MS Windows Xp on a new HDD
2. Creating new partitions using GParted
3. Installing Ubuntu 5.10 on this HDD

* Installation On HDD with already installed and Working MS Windows Xp

1. Editing and creating partitions using GParted
2. Installing Ubuntu 5.10 on this HDD

Graphical Boot Management using GAG

1. Downloading GAG
2. Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in MS DOS
3. Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in MS Windows
4. Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in MS Windows Xp
5. Coping and preparing GAG on a floppy in Linux
6. Configuring & installing GAG on HDD
7. Uninstalling GAG from HDD

MS Windows Xp & Ubuntu 5.10 reinstallation on same HDD

1. MS Windows Xp reinstallation
2. Ubuntu 5.10 reinstallation

*This is a great guide complete with screenshots. Should answer many "How To" questions.*

[adeydas]

i never used breezy but i have hoary installed on a dual boot system with XP. all i did to make it work is install GNU GRUB on MBR and well, that's it, it worked out of the box, far better than Red Hat i would say.

[Big Booger]

Rik,
did you use this to set up your system?

[rik]

No, I'm not dual-booting my XP box. I have a separate system for my Linux testing. It's a PIII 550 and runs better under any Linux distro than it ever did with Windows.