Windows Xp and Unbreakable Linux

Anybody with an idea if its possible to have windows xp and unbreakable linux on the same system, tried it once but had problems with it maybe i did something wrong am not sure, i just need confirmation so i dont lose my files if it isnt possible. Anybody with experience on it. Have done it with windows xp and rhel 3 and it worked well.Thanks

If you are not going to use VMware do the following:
Install XP first with some partition space for Linux (15GB?)
!!!!Follow with caution, as fdisk can destroy all your data!!!
Then start linux install, select the non-window partition, format, create mount points- the usual stuff.
When it comes to grub, make sure you select the advanced grub options, and select " install on first partition of boot sector" . Select Windows XP as your default OS.
After the installation, the system boots into windows XP by default, although not through grub.
For this, you need to start linux in rescue mode (use the same install DVD/CD and at linux prompt, type linux rescue)
mount the sysimage (chroot /mnt/sysimage)
use fdisk to change the default bootable flag (fdisk a [1-4]).
eg hda is your windows system partition; hdb is your linux partition
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda * 1 13054 104856223+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdb xxx xxxx xxxxxx 83 Linux
Now reboot your system and you should have a dual boot XP/OEL.
hth,
userxxxx

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kirkl_uk wrote:How do I install both Windows XP and Arch Linux on my system? I want to be able to boot either of the two from a menu that loads after the bios. I have created 4 partitions (NTFS, linux root, linux swap, linux home) and installed Windows XP on the NTFS system, as well as Linux on the other partitions. How do I go about the booting process? Are there any better ways of doing this than as above?
Just add the following in your /boot/grub/menu.lst
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Just add that user in the root group in /etc/group. Or you can install sudo & 'man sudo' for details.
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So better stick to a non-root user for everyday usage and su (or sudo) when you need root-access for a task.

[Solved]dual boot windows 7 and arch linux

I have successfully installed arch linux dual boot with the original win7 on my PC. If I only use linux, then the system works well. The problem is that once I boot into Win7 then after reboot, the linux boot manager will stop working and the system always boots into windows automatically. My guess is Win7 automatically repair the boot loader.
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Last edited by jl2014 (2015-04-19 17:35:57)

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title Windows
efi /EFI/hidden/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
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Dual booting Windows 8 and Arch Linux with UEFI

Hi all!
I'm trying to install Arch Linux on my computer where I already have Windows 8, and I'm getting a little stuck when it comes to the partitioning.
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sudo make sandwich wrote:If it is possible to share ESP between OSes, how do I do this (would it be sufficent to follow this section: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide#For_UEFI_motherboards)?
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And how big will the partition need to be? The beginner's guide says 512MB or higher.
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can figure it out. Our workstations are all Windows 2000 and XP SP2 with
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Newbie wrote:
> Ok, I must be missing something. The only window that pops up is the
> Microsoft login window with ID and PWD options... Should the Novell 4.91
> client pop up instead?
>
>
> "Jeremy" <Jmeldrum@nospam_novell.com> wrote in message
> news:KEacf.2740$u%[email protected]...
>> Newbie wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, linuxjoe.
>>>
>>> I have figured out how to setup the "Samba" and when I use Windows
>>> Explorer
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>>>
>>> I went into iManger and configured a Workstation and User (admin) for
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "linuxjoe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:Xi6cf.2329$u%[email protected]...
>>>> Newbie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Being that I'm new to Linux, how do our users connect to the server?
>>>>> If
>>>>> you could point me to a tid, that would be great!
>>>>
>>>> You should be able to connect to it with a client over ncp as well. But
>>>> you
>>>> can also do it over ftp, http, nfs, etc.
>>>>
>> When the login box pops up, you use the same information you normally do,
>> tree, context, and server. The difference would be that you can now put
>> the oes linux server name (or IP address) in the the sever field. You
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hey guys I had an issue with windows 7 dual booted with arch and i was just wondering my windows 7 crashed. I had Reinstalled windows OS and all my partitions are set up but now when I try to boot up arch I cant at all cause windows Boot took over and i have no way of getting into arch is there anyway i can fix this or maybe reinstall arch without loseing my home folder with all my data, or is there just and easyer way to fix this issue im stuck. thank you all for your support as i am a noob

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Last edited by bdawg (2012-09-21 23:15:37)

DSpider wrote:
drobole wrote:If you want to change it so that sda becomes sdb and sdb becomes sda, you should be able to do that in BIOS.
Not from the BIOS. He would need to physically open up the computer and switch the cables between them (or add another drive).
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Hi there,
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[oracle@O10gR1 Disk1]$ ./runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
Checking installer requirements...
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Failed <<<<
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Thanks

Oracle 10gR1 is certified with OEL, you might have using old downloaded installer, that's why you getting error. Download new installer from otn.oracle.com.
OR
you just need to execute runInstaller with -ignoreSysPrereqs switch:
./runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs
OR
Update oraparam.ini in STAGE_AREA/Disk1/install
- Virag Sharma
http://virag.sharma.googlepages.com

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I will be multibooting Windows 2003 Server 10GB, XP 30GB and Unbreakable Linux 30GB on the 70GB hard drive.
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5) What kind of firewall is good for Unbreakable Linux ?
6) What kind of antivirus and spyware/malware is good for Unbreakable Linux ?
7) What browser runs on Unbreakable Linux and where do I get it from?
8) Do I run startx to get the gui if not then what?
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I am getting ready to install Unbreakable Linux on a 70GB hard drive is that enough space?Yes, definitely.
1)When I had installed Fedora installed the autopartition configured my partition automatically like this using Grub. Will Unbreakable Linux's autopartition do this the same way that Fedora did, what would I have to do to set this up :Not sure that if it will EL do automaticaly the same layout as Fedora but you have all informations so you can do manual partitioning.
2)Is Unbreakable Linux good for running Oracle and a web server, replication and Log shipping?Of course it is. Note Unbreakable Linux is a support program not a distribution.
3) What web server runs on Unbreakable Linux and how difficult is it to install?AFAIK almost any major distribution is shipped with Apcache HTTP server.
So you can install HTTP server using package located in installation media.
Or you can download sources and compile your own configuration or preffered HTTP server (I preffer this option). Everything goes easy with manual: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/
https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-install-guide/
4) What kind of security is good for Unbreakable Linux?What exactly do you mean under "security" term?
5) What kind of firewall is good for Unbreakable Linux ?Each distribution (including this one) is shipped with excellent stateful (of course stateless too :-) ) firewall called "iptables" which is included in Linux kernel. More info (documentation and HOWTOs) you can find at http://netfilter.org
6) What kind of antivirus and spyware/malware is good for Unbreakable Linux ?There is some Linux antivirus SW for example AVG, NOD but viruses are very rare in the Linux world and most of them are just "Proof of concept". So at this time is client antivirus SW just waste of money.
Spyware and malware - forget about it when we speaking about Linux (at this time).
7) What browser runs on Unbreakable Linux and where do I get it from?Graphic: Firefox, Konqueror, Nautilus Text: lynx, elinks - all these are included in Linux distribution.
8) Do I run startx to get the gui if not then what?You can start X server automaticaly during boot. This is provided by default runlevel configuration in /etc/inittab file (in this case it's run level 5). If your server has default run level 3 and you want to start X server you can log as root, and temporary change the run level to 5 by command (init 5 or telinit 5).
There is not reason for starting X server when you are using Linux machine as database server or HTTP server.
9) How do I get help if I have a problem setting up any of the above? There is Ubreakable Linux program: http://www.oracle.com/technologies/linux/ubl-faq.pdf
And for non critical issues you can also use public linux forums like this :-)
Site about EL and Unbreakable Linux program: http://www.oracle.com/linux

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root (hd0,4)
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Folks,
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Protocol" TCP/IP
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Port: 1521
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My questions are:
Do we need to do something to connect Windows XP with Linux at first ? If yes, How to do it ? If no, how to solve the above issue ?
Thanks.

Folks,
Hello. Thanks a lot for replying.
Regarding PeopleSoft networking, I have done Configuration Manager to enable Data Mover and Application Designer to login into Database Instance PT853.
Regarding 2 Virtual Machines (Windows XP and Oracle Linux 5) connects with each other, I have done the following:
First, I follow this tutorial http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_devices_serial_2vms.html to configure 2 VMs for Windows 7 Host.
Second, in Windows XP Oracle Database Client Install Directory, the file "tnsnames.ora" has one entry that is the Service Name in Net Manager. In Linux Oracle Database Server install directory, the file "tnsnames.ora" has no entries because I installed Oracle Database Server with the starter Database instance PT853.
I have tried to test 2 VMs in the way as below:
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Its output: unknown host WindowsHostName
In Windows XP Command Prompt:
C:\ping localhost.localdomain
Its output: pinging localhost.localdomain 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data...
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms, TTL=128
It replies a few times and then disconnected by itself. It seems that Windows XP is pinging itself and not Linux Server. The hostname of Linux Server is "localhost.localdomain" as well. It's a kind of confusing to me.
From the above infromation, we can see 2 VMs cannot connect with each other. Net Manager in Windows XP Oracle Client cannot connect its Service PT853.
I don't understand how to connect Oracle Client in Windows with Oracle Database Server in Linux. Can any folk help to solve this issue ?
Very grateful in advanced.

Dual Boot Windows 7 and Arch with Shared NTFS partition.

Hi everyone,
I want to dual boot windows 7 and Arch Linux.
Here's the problem... my hard drive isn't the biggest. I want to store all my music, movies, pictures, and documents on partition that both linux and windows can access seamlessly.
I want the partition to be NTFS. -- (the programs that map an ext4 drive to Windows are trash).
Here's what I think I need.
30GB NTFS to Windows.
30GB ext4 to Arch Linux
The remainder (190ish GB) to Shared Data.
I don't want the swap partition because I have a SSD and 4GB of RAM.
What is the best way to setup my partitions? And is this even possible?
Thanks!

Not a problem. I would create:
First of four primary partitions for windows.
Second of four primary partitions for /boot
Third of four partitions is an extended partition encompassing all the space not used by the first two partitions.
Put everything else inside the extended partition.
Mine is a bit more complicated, but this should give you an idea:
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Password:
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 121778159 60888056 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 597366784 625135615 13884416 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 121778160 597366783 237794312 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 * 121778223 123770219 995998+ 83 Linux
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/dev/sda7 193213818 597360959 202073571 83 Linux
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Hi,
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http://apcmag.com/how-to-dual-boot-windows-8-and-linux.htm
Niki Han
TechNet Community Support

Dual boot with Windows 7 and LINUX - Tecra A11 (PTSE1A-00L005)

Hi,
I bought a new Tecra A11 Laptop which runs WIN7 Pro. I want to install LINUX also. That means, I want to run my laptop in dual boot Win7 Pro/LINUX (any distributor). Please tell me how to do that.
There are 5 partitions on the HDD:
1. Active, Recovery partiton 1.46 Gb (no drive letter)
2. Active Primary C: Boot 145.04 Gb (NTFS)
3. Active Logical E: 78.13 Gb (NTFS)
4. Active Logical F: 64.25 Gb (NTFS)
5. Primary Partition 9.2 Gb (no drive letter, application unknown)
Hey, I need it badly, because I have admitted to a course of RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer)
Please help me

Hi
I may not be able to give You a step-by-step explanation but most distros today offer a possibility to co-exist with Windows.
During the installation the unused free space will be taken by Linux (with the consent of the user of course!!)
What exact setup is needed by You is impossible for anyone else to say, but I would suggest to make the space occupied by the F drive available for Linux.
You seem to have space enough for Windows and the Linux OS does not need much.
Some thoughts concerning your partition setup:
I would NOT touch 1,2 and 5 no matter what. They are your system and some system internal partitions (recovery environment and data) and would not be fun to lose.
1. Active, Recovery partiton 1.46 Gb (no drive letter)
2. Active Primary C: Boot 145.04 Gb (NTFS)
3. Active Logical E: 78.13 Gb (NTFS)
4. Active Logical F: 64.25 Gb (NTFS)
5. Primary Partition 9.2 Gb (no drive letter, application unknown)
So pick a Distro (my suggestion Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, OpenSuse - Fedora will be the one closest related to RedHat) which will guide You through the steps to allocate space for Linux.
I would suggest however to remove the drive F in Windows so Linux does not start resizing all partitions.
I am sure that will work fine, but will just take time and the pretty unnecessary F drive will most surely be kept.
If You already have valuable data on your unit, make sure to back it up!! No software comes with warranties :)
Last but not least - make 100% sure to create a recovery set with the help of Toshiba Recovery media creator BEFORE you start installing Linux.
If something goes wrong You might want to have the possibility to put the unit back into factory state.
Good luck and keep asking if You need additional help!
Tom

Windows Xp and Unbreakable Linux

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