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Install Multiple Linux OS On A Single PC: Select Month

This document provides instructions for installing multiple Linux operating systems (Fedora, Ubuntu, Windows XP) on a single PC. It explains that installing Fedora after Ubuntu will remove Ubuntu from the GRUB boot menu. It then provides steps to add Ubuntu back to the GRUB menu after installing Fedora, which involves mounting the Ubuntu partition, editing the GRUB menu.lst file, and adding lines for the Ubuntu title and kernel.

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Install Multiple Linux OS On A Single PC: Select Month

This document provides instructions for installing multiple Linux operating systems (Fedora, Ubuntu, Windows XP) on a single PC. It explains that installing Fedora after Ubuntu will remove Ubuntu from the GRUB boot menu. It then provides steps to add Ubuntu back to the GRUB menu after installing Fedora, which involves mounting the Ubuntu partition, editing the GRUB menu.lst file, and adding lines for the Ubuntu title and kernel.

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Santosh Aditya Sharma Mantha
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Ubuntu, and Windows XP on a same PC.
About 1: Install XP
Home 2: Install Ubuntu
Search 3: Install fedora.
Search for: Note: When you install fedora after the installation of
Ubuntu your Ubuntu’s grub will be removed and you
can’t see Ubuntu on the Grub’s list.
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Now, to get the Ubuntu on the Grub’s List follow these
Steps:
1. boot with fedora
2. open terminal
$su -

as root type this command.


# fdisk -l

Hint: Check Column “System”


Lets /dev/sda3 partition contains your Ubuntu OS.
3. mount your Ubuntu partition.
# mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
4. Open the grub menu.lst file
# cd /mnt/boot/grub
# gedit menu.lst
Now search for similar lines:

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.30.9


uuid 84c1144f-93ff-4f12-8a6a-90f12f51421c
kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30.9 root=UUID=84c1144f-
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initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.9
quiet
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