Re: LUG: Dual Boot Thinkpad - Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:00:32 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Dual Boot Thinkpad

From : Will Lane <will@jxxtech.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:00:32 -0500

Yes, it only has windows on it now...lol it really did have all
those...:S. I want to just erase everything and start from scratch. Is
it best to install Linux, (ubuntu i think is what i want) first, then
windows on a seperate partition?

Thanks
Will

Brad Oaks wrote:

>He probably meant to say that the laptop has had each of those OS's
>installed -- one at a time. Now he wants to dual boot and have two
>installed at once.
>
>On 11/17/05, Joe Winegarden <joe.winegarden@gmail.[redacted]> wrote:
>
>
>>What to install first? More like what OS do you NOT already have installed?
>>:)
>> You already have a "dual-boot" (or really octa-boot) setup, unless you mean
>>you only want 2 of those OS's (which usually means XP+a flavor of linux) and
>>want to trash the rest and merge partitions. But more than likely you don't
>>have to install anything more than a boot manager like grub and configure
>>entries for each of these OS's to be able to pick which one you want to
>>boot. Or do you already have such a bootloader? Seems like you must unless
>>you have a buncha floppys and a lotta spare time to wait for booting.
>>
>> A little more detail on what you're really trying to do might help.
>> -J
>>
>>
>>On 11/17/05, Will Lane <will@jxxtech.[redacted] > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hello,
>>> I have an IBM think pad T42 that has has a myriad of operating
>>>systems installed on it. (Fedora, suse, centos, XP pro, vista beta, osx
>>>x86, debian, ubuntu and a failed attempt at gentoo.) My question is
>>>basically how can I do a dual boot. And what OS do I install first?
>>>Also is gtkwifi any good? I used it awhile back but it never seemed to
>>>work for me.
>>>
>>>Thanks all
>>>Will
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>