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    installing ubuntu over xubuntu in 3 partitioned hd

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by jl1989, Jul 29, 2008.

  1. jl1989

    jl1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    my hd is partitioned xp/vista/xubuntu atm. it took me aLONG time to get the triple booting to work properly through grub and bluetooth devices etc...

    if i installed ubuntu over xubuntu is there something i should do. to preserve my triplebooting? :x besides copying whatever i put into my menu.lst

    i think i did other things to get the triplebooting to work besides menu.lst but i don't remember what i did :D
     
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    Lakjin Notebook Deity

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    whats so hard about triple boot?
    i had vista and two seperate linux distros installed
    grub didnt give a problem at all, at the end of the third install, it detected the other OSes and added them to the menu.
     
    Lakjin, Jul 29, 2008
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    If you want Ubuntu instead of Xubuntu, just go to Synaptic, uninstall Xubuntu-desktop package, and install ubuntu-desktop. That's all you need to do. No need to mess with things that already work
     
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    so u can switch xubuntu to ubuntu so simply??

    lakjin 2 _windows_ partition /xp/vista (espeically since vista is already installed) is harder, b/c xp will override the boot records for vista
     
    jl1989, Jul 29, 2008
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