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Now a days there are so many Linux distributions and
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also each of them has their own speciality. There are
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many users those who have dual boot OS(two different
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Select Month Today I am going to say about how to install fedora,
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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-
1 of 2 93ff-4f12-8a6a-90f12f51421c ro quiet splash 04/01/2011 01:38 AM
initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.9
quiet
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