Thread: Multi-booting Linux & XP
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Old 03-11-2007, 20:19   #17
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Re: Multi-booting Linux & XP
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler View Post
If you're on a liveCD setup then:

Code:
su -c "cat /union/boot/grub/device.map"
including quotes, that will prompt you for whatever the root password for the liveCD is set as...
No idea what it's set as; tried both root & ubuntu.

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb View Post
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/99222

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/72253

an inexpensive way of doing away with the hassle of dual booting. I have fancier ali ones
(http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124169) that cost me a bit more but I just swap now
You do have a point, however that would require setting aside an entire HDD for Linux, rather than just 24GB [10GB /, 4GB swap, 10GB /home] on my 500GB drive, which is what I'm trying to do.
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