XP/Ubuntu dual-boot

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 10:41:48AM -0500, Chris Aitken wrote:
> I'm thinking of installing XP and Ubuntu as a dual-boot on my daughter's 
> machine. Her birthday is less than two weeks away. I want to be able to 
> have her iPod work for her. I hope Craig and Joe won't take this as an 
> invitation to discontinue the iPod/gtkpod installation on my fedora 7 
> computer. I'd like to keep on with that. This is just a contingency. As 
> repulsive as it is to me, I hear the iPod will magically work under XP. 
> It sounds like it has a better chance working under Ubuntu (than fedora 
> 7) as well. I've been wanting to try a debian-based system for some 
> time. I hear that Ubuntu is a nice safe place for fedora chickens like 
> me to start with debian-based OSs.
> 
> So, just to be clear: I'm not giving up on fedora 7 (it is on my 
> production machine for our business so I can't get rid of it lightly), 
> but I want to try an XP/Ubuntu dual-boot on my daughter's machine.
> 
> 1. What is the latest stable version of Ubuntu and what a good site to 
> get the iso from?
> 2. Is it best to install XP or Ubuntu first.

Windows doesn't believe in sharing, and overwrites all other boot
loaders.  So always install windows first.  Linux installers have no
trouble sharing and recognizing that windows is installed and giving you
a working boot loader for both in the end.

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Len Sorensen
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