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| 564792 | 2007-07-01 08:43:00 | I have Xandros installed and I'm running Kubuntu from a CD. Can I now install Kubuntu so that I have a choice of booting up Xandros or Kubuntu? Or will that screw up my Xandros installation? |
TideMan (4279) | ||
| 564793 | 2007-07-01 08:56:00 | Is there another partition / hdd on the system you could install Ubuntu on? If there isnt I would say it'll format Xandros. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 564794 | 2007-07-01 09:03:00 | No. Just one HD. There is an option in the Kubuntu install to manually configure the disks, but the choices are the same partitions that exist with Xandros (and they're called the same names) hda1, etc. Why do I want to do that? Well, what I find the worst aspect of Xandros is installing new programs, either with Xandros Networks or apt-get. It's real nasty stuff. And to me, it's what makes Linux too hard. I want to try Kubuntu's Adept Manager to see if it's better, but of course I can't do that off the CD. |
TideMan (4279) | ||
| 564795 | 2007-07-01 09:08:00 | Did u boot from Kubuntu's cd since its a live CD?? I tried Ubuntu here (Dapper and Feisty). Both were OK, I just couldnt get the modem to dial out with KPPP or Gnome-PPP, just pon and poff thru terminal. But ethernet worked fine. Synaptic is whats its called in Ubuntu (I think). Its not too bad but I hope you're on broadband, there's a LOT of updates (even with Feisty). There was like 320 mb of updates lol. But this was including Kubuntu-desktop which was the biggest update. I would say unless theres a partition big enough (if u had one), or u have another hdd, you wont be able to install Ubuntu without starting all over again. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 564796 | 2007-07-01 09:21:00 | Thanks Speedy. You're right I can install running Kubuntu from the CD. I was too gun shy to try it. And Adept Manager seems pretty nice. It installed g77 (Fortran compiler) first time without any magic incantations from me and without me having to manually install a thousand other dependencies. |
TideMan (4279) | ||
| 564797 | 2007-07-01 09:38:00 | I would of thought Kubuntu would have a partition resizer available as part of the installation process. That should let you free up some spare space. Some Linux distros handle dual booting Linux systems better than others, and will automatically add the other detected OS to the boot manager during installation. I am not sure whether Kubuntu comes into this category. :) | Jen (38) | ||
| 564798 | 2007-07-01 10:17:00 | I would of thought Kubuntu would have a partition resizer available as part of the installation process. That should let you free up some spare space. Some Linux distros handle dual booting Linux systems better than others, and will automatically add the other detected OS to the boot manager during installation. I am not sure whether Kubuntu comes into this category. :) Kubuntu has qtparted from the live CD. You will have to go for a manual partition during the installation. I have been having a play lately. Had Win2k with several partitions and then PCLinuxOS2007 with 4 partitions and then tried to install Kubuntu and Fedora7. Discovered the limit of 15 partitions so wiped all but win2k and reduced it's partitions then installed Kubuntu and the grub install stuffed up so installed Fedora7 and the grub install again stuffed up. When I get my PCLinuxOS2007 install disk back tomorrow I will see how that goes. With that I can use lilo and test that. Neither Kubuntu or Fedora found other Linux OS but all found Win2k. If Xandros uses grub go to "/boot/grub" and print out "menu.1st" or "grub.conf" so that you can then update them after the Kubuntu grub install. So far of the 3 Linux installs PCLinuxOS2007 is my favorite and also after the install. Fedora's menu is an abortion. I found kpackage pretty good and synaptic worked well in PCLinuxOS but unlike kpackage things weren't set up in an easy tree. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 564799 | 2007-07-01 18:18:00 | Most of it has been said above.You will get the oppertunity for the installer to manually partition a disk.You will also get the chance to pick which OS you want to boot. One tip though:If you have any problem with the boot menue.(sometimes grub does not see Xandros) Then insert yr Xn disk and boot from it,BE QUICK WHEN GIVEN THE OPPERTUNITY TO REPAIR XANDROS AND HIT THE SPACEBAR.Navigate to near the top of the menue that comes up and choose restore Xandros.Then follow the directions and make sure you say NO,NO to change the MBR.After it has done its thing you will have the XN LiLo loader menue back with yr other OS on it.This follows also if anything goes wrong and you can not boot Xn after any stuff up.I have been there done that several times.If any of this is not clear or you want anything else PM me and I will help further. I have also to agree with the post above PCLinuxOS is great and it updates everything almost every day if you run the package manager. |
kjaada (253) | ||
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