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   From: noalternative    
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   Subject: Re: I would like to dual boot ubunt with feather.   
   Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:55:06 -0600   
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   On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:29:13 -0700, ray wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:07:58 -0600, noalternative wrote:   
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   >> I already have Ubuntu dapper drake installed on my computers hard-drive,   
   >> but I would like to add feather Linux.  Is it possible to re-size the   
   >> partition, without hurting Ubuntu? Will grub recognize the other Linux   
   >> have installed?     
   >>    
   >> There is no install of Windows on my system.  Windows 98   
   >> was hosed, and the Compaq restore disk wouldn't recognize the new   
   >> hard-drive, I had added subsequently.  I am just running Xubuntu right now.   
   >    
   > That should not be a problem. I'd suggest using gparted from a Live CD or   
   > the Gparted Live CD itself to do the partitioning. You can't do it from   
   > your Ubuntu install because the partition must be unmounted to muck with   
   > it.   
   >    
   > Do the partitioning (you only need one swap partition) and then do the   
   > feather install - it probably will not set up the dual boot - you might   
   > check their web site docs first to verify. If it appears that it will not,   
   > then try to keep it from overwriting the MBR. Then boot ubuntu and add a   
   > stanza to /boot/grub/menu.lst - by looking at what's already there you   
   > should be able to figure out what to add - if not, come back and ask. It's   
   > really quite simple once you've been through it a dozen times or so.   
      
   Can I do it with cfdisk from the feather live cd?  The Ubuntu cd takes an   
   awful long time to load, and I don't have a cdburner to burn gparted.   
      
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