Dual boot with Xubuntu/Windows XP

LPG-Unit · 04-14-2007, 06:44 PM

Hi! My cousin planned to dual boot Linux and XP on a Pentium 4 PC, and I plan to use PartitionMagic/BootMagic on it. However, the RAID tool installed on it made me hesitate to do so. Any suggestions?

**Bartender** · 04-15-2007, 04:33 AM

I've heard too many folks say that Partition Magic doesn't work very predictably with Linux. K-B has some free partitioners in his sig, and I like GParted LiveCD. You download the GParted .iso package, then burn it to a CD so that it's converted from an .iso to a bootable CD. Then boot from the CD and do your partitioning. It takes a little effort to get used to how GParted works, but it's not technically difficult.
I don't know anything about RAID, sorry, but it's probly a good thing that you're asking cause I'm pretty sure it'll be a complication.

**K-B** · 04-15-2007, 06:30 AM

Yeah, go ahead and download Gparted, which is actually the partitioner used in System Rescue CD (linky in sig). Except that System Rescue CD has a whole slew of other tools, which aren't needed for your application, anyway.

04-14-2007, 06:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
LPG-Unit Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cavite, Philippines Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Home, SP1	Dual boot with Xubuntu/Windows XP Hi! My cousin planned to dual boot Linux and XP on a Pentium 4 PC, and I plan to use PartitionMagic/BootMagic on it. However, the RAID tool installed on it made me hesitate to do so. Any suggestions?

04-15-2007, 04:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bartender Mentally divergent Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chehalis, WA, USA Posts: 1,285 OS: W2K, Ubuntu 8.04	Re: Dual boot with Xubuntu/Windows XP I've heard too many folks say that Partition Magic doesn't work very predictably with Linux. K-B has some free partitioners in his sig, and I like GParted LiveCD. You download the GParted .iso package, then burn it to a CD so that it's converted from an .iso to a bootable CD. Then boot from the CD and do your partitioning. It takes a little effort to get used to how GParted works, but it's not technically difficult. I don't know anything about RAID, sorry, but it's probly a good thing that you're asking cause I'm pretty sure it'll be a complication.

04-15-2007, 06:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
K-B Mod. Linux, Wrench Turner Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 2,888 OS: Vista, Ubuntu My System	Re: Dual boot with Xubuntu/Windows XP Yeah, go ahead and download Gparted, which is actually the partitioner used in System Rescue CD (linky in sig). Except that System Rescue CD has a whole slew of other tools, which aren't needed for your application, anyway. __________________