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From: ray 
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Subject: Re: I would like to dual boot ubunt with feather.
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:56:27 -0700
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:55:06 -0600, noalternative wrote:

> 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.

Sure. I just prefer to use gparted because it's a little 'nicer'. cfdisk
will work just fine.


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