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fltcmdr14
August 16th, 2008, 02:19 AM
a lil background oN the hardwARE
HP PAVILLIO ZE4900
W/ 60 GIG HARD DRIVE
PARTITION 1 WIN XP 25 GIG
PARTITION 2 INTENDED FOR LINUX 20 GIG
PARTITION 3 EMPTY 10 GIG
PARTITION 4 600 MEG (SWAP AREA)
i HAVE INSTALLED AND RE INSTALLED BOTH WIN XP AND UBUNTU AND I CAN NOT GET THE DAMN THING DUAL BOOT,
THE LAST TIME I DID I SAW THE OPTIONS BUT ALAS I COULD NOT OPEN XP OR LINUX, BOTH SAID SOMETHING THAT IT COULDN'T BOOT.
WIN XP SAID UNABLE TO OPEN/UN EX FILE TYPE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT...CAN SOMEONE HELP,
I TRIED THAT LIST THING BUT I MUST BE DOING SOMETHING

Pumalite
August 16th, 2008, 03:04 AM
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installing
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/partitioning
http://www.howtoforge.com/dual_boot_windows_xp_vista_ubuntu_feisty_p2?

fiestytom
August 16th, 2008, 03:08 AM
Did you install ubuntu after you installed windows?