Linux dual boot?

Kesava

Kesava

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i thinking i might dual boot linux. but before i do i want to know something.

is there a way to just skip the screen that asks you which OS to boot?

i know you can change the time that it is displayed for. but can you make it so like it wont show up unless you hold down shift or something?

thanks.
 
how do you want to dual boot and you want to skip the OS screen select, it is possible you need to modify to boot.ini file, but since you are dual booting i find strange you want to skip it
 
well like most of the time i just want to go into xp. and i dont want the OS screen waiting for 30 seconds. and setting it for 1 second wont give me time to select so it would be useful to just have it come up when i am holding a button
 
You can change the amount of time grub will appear on the screen. Are you using windows boot loader or grub?
Boot the linux distro and run

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Default is 5 seconds ftw.
 
Motoxrdude said:
You can change the amount of time grub will appear on the screen. Are you using windows boot loader or grub?
Boot the linux distro and run

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Default is 5 seconds ftw.
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lol i havent dual booted yet. im just thinking of what i want for when i do.

whats grub?
 
Just take the ISO, and burn it as a cd image. If you dont have the software to do it then you can download deepburner free and when you go to burn the cd it has an option to burn a disk image. Then set your bios to boot from the cd and you are good to go. Once it loads you will see an install icon on your desktop and then just follow the instructions. Hardest part is partitioning but isnt too hard, just do the automated partitioning if you already set aside free space on your hard disk or go manual and create an ext3 partition and mount it as "/"(this is where everything gets stored to) and a 1gb swap partition(this is used for virtual ram) and your set. lol. let me know if you need help. Feel free to im me as well. Aim: supercross12345.
 
Its a good idea to create some free space on your hard drive that way you can use the "use free space on hard disk" so that way you dont have to mess with partitioning later and it does it for you.

Just create some unpartition space on your hard disk. If you dont have software to resize your windows partition there is some built into the ubuntu cd and you can do it then.
 
No need, ubuntu has gparted installed on it. You will see what i am talking about when you go to install ubuntu. There is an option to resize your windows partition and then use the remaining space for ubuntu.
Just defragment now so that way it wont take as long.
 
ok then. ubuntu is about 2 hours away from finishing/. my internet is being really slow.

so once i have it burnt i boot from cd? or just run it while computer is running?

and do i want grub already installed?
 
Grub gets installed automatically so dont worry about it.
Once you burn the image to a cd then restart, set your bios to boot from cd and your good to go.
 
ok thanks. ill see how it goes.

also, do you think ubuntu was a good choice?

i just picked it cos its the one i hear of most
 
For some one new to the linux kernel based OS, sure ubuntu is fine.

you should learn to search for answers rather than ask for help on extreamly common questions.
 
diroga said:
For some one new to the linux kernel based OS, sure ubuntu is fine.

you should learn to search for answers rather than ask for help on extreamly common questions.
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I absolutly hate it when i am trying to learn something and people have the "use the search button" attitude. Why do you think they asked the question in the first place if it's "only a search away"?

Ubuntu is my favorite distro. It's meant to bring linux to the average user. Keep in mind that it has a learning curve, as with all OS, but once you get used to it you will like it.
 
lol i do always search for information first anyway. thats why i chose ubuntu. i was just wanting someone to reassure me that it was an ok choice lol
 
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