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From: noalternative
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Subject: Re: I would like to dual boot ubunt with feather.
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:55:06 -0600
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:29:13 -0700, ray wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:07:58 -0600, noalternative wrote:
>
>> I already have Ubuntu dapper drake installed on my computers hard-drive,
>> but I would like to add feather Linux. Is it possible to re-size the
>> partition, without hurting Ubuntu? Will grub recognize the other Linux
>> have installed?
>>
>> There is no install of Windows on my system. Windows 98
>> was hosed, and the Compaq restore disk wouldn't recognize the new
>> hard-drive, I had added subsequently. I am just running Xubuntu right now.
>
> That should not be a problem. I'd suggest using gparted from a Live CD or
> the Gparted Live CD itself to do the partitioning. You can't do it from
> your Ubuntu install because the partition must be unmounted to muck with
> it.
>
> Do the partitioning (you only need one swap partition) and then do the
> feather install - it probably will not set up the dual boot - you might
> check their web site docs first to verify. If it appears that it will not,
> then try to keep it from overwriting the MBR. Then boot ubuntu and add a
> stanza to /boot/grub/menu.lst - by looking at what's already there you
> should be able to figure out what to add - if not, come back and ask. It's
> really quite simple once you've been through it a dozen times or so.
Can I do it with cfdisk from the feather live cd? The Ubuntu cd takes an
awful long time to load, and I don't have a cdburner to burn gparted.
>
>
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