[ltp] Re: T43 and Linux problems

[Eric Van Buggenhaut]

On Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 04:55:44AM -0800, Josh wrote:
> 
> I saw a couple of replies to my original post and am
> going to take a closer look at them.  I just finished
> my 4th attempt at getting Linux on the T43.  I finally
> got Ubuntu to install, but it's not a dual boot
> system.  At least I know that Linux installs.  With
> help on IRC I installed just the base Ubuntu server,
> and then typed:
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop gdm xserver-xorg
> 
> The went through:
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> as best as I could.
> 
> Rebooted.
> 
> Ubuntu works now, but it's not dual boot.  I'll have
> to start over with Windows first but at least I know
> that Linux can be installed.
> 
> I just read on a web page
> (http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2285)
> that you can install a second hard drive that can be
> booted to.  Maybe this would be an option -- Keep XP
> on the 60 GB drive and put another drive with Linux on
> it in the "Ultrabay"(?).  I'd rather buy another hard
> drive than spend two more days trying to figure out
> time-consuming workarounds to get a dual boot system. 
> I'm behind on work already because my other laptop
> suddenly broke.  I use Linux most of the time but also
> need XP occasionally.
> 
> Would it work to add another HD for Ubuntu, while
> leaving the Windows drive alone as it was for the
> factory install? (or vice versa, Ubuntu on the main
> drive and XP on the additional drive.)

The dual boot problem would probably be the same whether you use 2 
OSes on 2 different partitions or on 2 different disks. It's more a 
matter of correctly configuring your bootloader, be it grub or lilo.

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