XP=Windows XP
linux=ubuntu
XP is already installed on my system.
2006-09-28 00:54:32 · 19 answers · asked by Arnav G 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
if its not broke done fix it
2006-09-28 01:01:59 · answer #1 · answered by bored at work 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
t is very possible to install XP as a secondary OS, but (as noted above) you will have to make some room for it "somewhere" (either another disk drive, some leftover freespace (yeah right!) or by resizing your current filesystems and partitions. resize2fs will resize an ext2/ext3 filesystem (might "revert" an ext3 to ext2... easily fixed with a tune2fs -j...) and fdisk can then be used to adjust/resize the partition. As mentioned in paullamhkgs link, parted will resize partitions (qparted is a nice GUI, much like PartitionMagic) with ext2/ext3 fs...
But the process is sometimes not so simple. When you have made some freespace, you need be able to create a new partition, and here is where the "fun" with DOS partition tables start: You can only have four (4) "primary" partitions, so if the partition you shrank was a primary partition (example hda1 - hda4 are primary partitions) you need a "free" primary partition number to be able to create a partition from the freespace. It is simpler with "extended" partitions, that live inside a primary partition tagged as "extended partition storage" and can have next to any number of partitions:-). You could try to add "primary" freespace to an existing "extended" primary partition, but I'm unsure off the ramifications (if any).
AFAIK XP can be installed to a secondary drive, so adding a second hadrdrive needn't meen you have to "move" your existing redhat installation... Or do it as Paullamhkg says (add disk as master, install, move to slave, configure grub or lilo).
XP will overwrite the master boot record (paullamhkgs suggestion covers this nicely), so be prepared with a RH bootdisk... and keep it handy if you use a linux bootloader to facilitate the dual-boot, since nt/2k/xp have some utilities that expect to be able to overwrite the MBR without warning (CHKDSK on the system drive... defragmenters...). One way to avoid this is by having your linux bootloader (probably grub) written to a partition boot record (example: grub-install /dev/hda1), install XP (which will overwrite the MBR), after the install download bootpart (http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm) and run it to read out the partition boot record to a file and adding this file to boot.ini. That is so that ntloader becomes the primary bootloader, and chainload grub/lilo instead of the other way around. Or you could follow the "manual" method outlined in the Linux+NT-Loader mini-HOWTO (wherever it says NT, read XP:-)... find the mini-HOWTO on the linux documentation project (http://www.tldp.org).
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Linux/Q_20688645.html
2006-09-28 01:53:40 · answer #2 · answered by Carla S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.. u can do
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its very easy to install Linux as a secondary OS
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in ur windows XP .. create 2 partitions at the end of the HDD
[ie] in a 40gb give last 5 gb for Linux
use partition magic in windows to create linux partitions
steps:
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1.empty or resize HDD to avail 5 gb free space in the end
2.create 512MB of Linuxswapspace partition
3.Create EXT3 Linux partition of 4.5 GB
usually they will be in \hdd6 and \hdd7 respectively if u have c: and d: partition in HDD
4.now boot using Linux boot cd
5.choose / or root installation in the EXT3 partition or it will automatically do it
6.install , in such a way that Linux GRUB bootloader is
written on MBR or \hdd0 , it will provide you
with either boot winxp or linux at start up
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instead use XOSL if u are advanced PC user
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enjoy both
currently i have
Windows 98
Win2003 server
windows XP
Linux redhat 9
Suse Linux 9
in a single 40 GB hdd
so feel free to ask me , ill help u if u cant..?
2006-09-28 02:18:46 · answer #3 · answered by Nizam@niji 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can install windows xp + linux ubuntu both even i have install these two
all you have to do is you have to create two or more partion of your hard disk but make sure you must have windows xp install already and than you must have any drive empty for linux to install ubuntu other wise linux will delete the contains of that particular drive.
step1: set bios boot from CD drive
Step2: during booting ubuntu will ask will drive would you like to install ubuntu opt the particular you want to install in particular drive than opt the file partition type other than fat or ntfs than the ubuntu will install itself.
2006-09-28 02:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes u can.but will be done as dual boot.you can use the software named wine to view partions of the other operating systems.
in linux install linux version of wine.
in windows install windows version thats all
2006-09-28 01:07:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be done and will work but definitely not recommended if you have to asked the question.
You'll have 2 install it on a separate partition and if you have an extra hdd even better.
2006-09-28 01:01:39 · answer #6 · answered by frikkiedupreez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-09-28 01:03:06 · answer #7 · answered by Traveler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-09-28 00:57:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st u can partion ur disk n then u can install both by installing them on other drives u can work in an uninterruoted environment or free 4m errors otherwise if u install on same drive u may face few errors.
2006-09-30 01:23:14 · answer #9 · answered by Ravish 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can install but if xp is very useful for u why install a new os which have no more application
2006-09-28 01:31:59 · answer #10 · answered by prashant_kanpur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
free up some space on your HD, install fedora core 5 and grub (boot loader) will give you a selection screen on your boot, .i.e. winxp or linux.
really easy stuff... do some reading before and be sure not to wipe your entire HD in the process.
2006-09-28 01:16:37 · answer #11 · answered by dmode 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋