Ubuntu 10.04.3 dualboot XP.

[Swedish Berserk]

Hello! I have been trying to dualboot Ubuntu with XP. The problem is that i dont get the install side by side option. I have defraged the computer but no luck. How can i solve this problem?

[dino99]

try to grab free room on xp, then:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10161428&postcount=2

[oldfred]

Have you used all 4 primary partitions? Post this from liveCD, copy & paste:


sudo fdisk -lu

[Swedish Berserk]

Hi again! It worked! I shrinked the XP partition with third party application. XP cant do it native. Then i installed Ubuntu on the free space! Simple! Thanks for your help dino99 och oldfred!