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Dual boot - Kubuntu and Windows 8 - how to?
I recently installed Windows 8 on my computer.
These are the specs:
Fx-8150 CPU
8 GB RAM
ATI HD7870
120 GB SSD
2 TB HDD
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (rev 1.1) (only bios but EFI mode possible ...
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Can I share /usr/local between multiple Linux distributions?
I tried Ubuntu 12.04 and based on my understanding I made the following partitions:
2GB Swap (I have 2GB of RAM)
1GB /boot, since I'll be installing different kernel versions (I'm starting kernel ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu with windows 8
I have Windows 8 and need to dual boot Ubuntu. I made a new partition from Windows Manager, but when I boot Ubuntu and select the new partition I get the error:
this partition is not rooted !!
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Grub with two hard drives
I am trying to install Mint14 on my machine having two hard drives :
Samsung SSD PM830 SATA : 128 Gb ( sda ) - Windows 7 (i want to keep this)
ST9500423AS ATA : 500 Gb ( sdb ) - ...
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Replacing Ubuntu 12.04 with Backtrack 5 R3 dual boot with Mac OSX Mountain Lion
I installed ubuntu 12.04 to run alongside my osx on my 2011 macbook air and would like to remove ubuntu completely to boot replace it with backtrack. I deleted the partition where ubuntu was located ...
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No CentOS Windows 8 GRUB Options on Restart
How do I dual-boot CentOS 6.3 Minimal Version on an Acer 64-bit Windows 8 Laptop and get the GRUB options to select either CentOS or Windows 8 when I restart? (Currently it boots straight into Windows ...
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FreeBSD and Linux shared partitions
Which directories, and how, can I share between FreeBSD and Linux? In particular, how can I deduplicate respectively /usr/home and /home?
I guess directly sharing a partition between both systems ...
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How to create a multiboot flash drive in Linux?
I like the way the yumi makes a multiboot flash drive in Windows. In Linux, can I complete the same task as easily as yumi does in Windows?
With yumi, I just browse to selected iso (i.e. ...
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Cannot boot into Windows 7 after deleting Linux partitions [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
After removing linux Grub error
I was dual-booting Linux Fedora 17 and Windows 7. I used Windows to delete the Linux partitions, but now I can't boot into Windows ...
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How can Linux detect automatically if kernel must boot on dev hdc or hda
I have an industrial PC mounting Linux.
These PC is delivered in two version, each with slightly different internal board and depending on the board type the disk inside the PC is see as hda or hdc.
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What is the best procedure for setting up a triple-boot system?
I have a machine that I wish to install 3 operating systems on. The systems are, in no particular order, Windows 8, Ubuntu, and Backtrack Linux. Is there some document or step-by-step guide to the ...
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How do create an encrypted system with multiple Linux distributions?
A few weeks ago I created a completely encrypted system on a notebook and must say I like the idea. It's a little bit annoying to enter the password on every boot, but it's nice to know even if I ...
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Dual boot install (Windows after Linux)
Most of the faqs/how-to for dual booting assume windows is installed with 'nix being installed in unpartitioned space.
I need to go the other way, i have wheezy installed and need to install xp, so, ...
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2answers
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How should I install Fedora or any other Linux in USB hard disk and configure booting?
I want to install Fedora or any other Linux in USB hard disk. I have Windows XP installed in internal HDD.
When USB HDD is attached to my PC, it
should ask me to boot from Win XP or
Linux.
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How to boot from iso with Grub2/Burg boot loader
I'm using Ubuntu as my primary OS and alternative is Windows 7 for gaming, and another stuffs. I want to have menu to boot some live CD ISO. Is there anyway to make menu entry in Grub2/Burg to boot ...
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Need advice to install Unix-like OS on my Laptop
I'm a CS undergraduate, and I'm a newbie to the Unix-like OSs. We used Fedora in our labs, but I've not mastered it. I've installed Windows 7 on my laptop and I want to install this Unix-based OS.
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What would it take for a *nix system to shutdown, then continue to grub?
Is this possible to shutdown to grub, not all the way so you don't have to load back up the BIOS and other things. Like to give you the ability to quickly boot for Linux to Windows?
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Linux installation on an extended drive related
I just want to install another version of same distro linux into the extended partition, i. e. into the /dev/sda7.
Does it make any problem into current Linux and its data and contents?
If no, I ...
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Dual-boot OS X and Fedora
I'm trying to install Fedora (dual-boot) on a brand-new MacBook Pro. The live/installer CD runs flawlessly on the machine, which was a nice surprise. But after the install is completed, I cannot ...
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Multibooting FreeBSD and other Linux distros
Long story short: Have one laptop, need to multiboot FreeBSD/OpenBSD as well as a number of Linux distros.
Which one do you think should go first? FreeBSD offers a bootMgr, but I'm not sure how it ...
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Getting an existing Linux installation from one computer to boot on another
I have an existing Dell Precision 690 workstation setup to dual boot Windows XP and CentOS 5.5. These operating systems are installed on two separate drives. I have a grub menu on the Linux drive with ...
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How to uninstall RHEL from a dual-boot system?
I had RHEL 5 and WinXP on dual-boot and then from WinXP I deleted those partitions which were allocated to RHEL. Now I am not able to start my computer. The booting process stops at grub. I tried ...
