Dual Booting Linux Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows XP

Dual boot (Ubuntu and Windows XP) Installation Process

Two hard disks in my system.

First HD 20 GB for Linux.

Second HD with three NTFS partitions. Windows XP is first installed in one of these partitions.

Next, Linux Ubuntu 11.10 is installed in first HD.

Ubuntu is booted normally. There is no grub showing option to boot Windows XP.

When Ubuntu is booted, click on Home Folder from the Ubuntu Desktop.

Select “File System” option.

Click on boot/grub/grub.cfg

There is no trace of Windows XP entry.

Go to terminal mode and type following to upgrade grub.

$ sudo update-grub

Restart system.

Now you will see the grub with the following options

1. Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-12-generic

2. Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-12-generic (recovery mode)

3. Memory test(memtest86+)

4. Memory test(memtest86+, serial console 115200)

5. Windows NT/2000/XP(loader)(on /dev/sdb5)

If you select '1' option, Ubuntu booted normally.

Click on boot/grub/grub.cfg

Now you will see Windows XP entry in grub.cfg as follows.

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP (loader) (on /dev/sdb5)" --class windows --class os {

insmod part_msdos

insmod ntfs

set root='(hd1,msdos5)'

search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 4EA8BEAAA8BE8FC7

drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}

chainloader +1

}

### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

If you select '5' option, it says

NTLDR is missing

Press Ctlr+Alt+Del to restart

How to solve this problem? Lets see next Steps...

Setting up of Tata Photon Plus on Ubuntu 11.10 does not involve complex steps. In fact, it takes just few minutes to connect it to Ubuntu. You dont have to install any driver.  Just insert your Tata Photon Plus data card into USB port of your PC. Following simple steps along with screenshots will help you to connect it.

Screen 1

Click on the Networking icon on top of the desktop. Screen 2 appears after enabling the Enabling Mobile broadband connection option.
Screen 2

After clicking the Continue button, Screen 3 appears.
Screen 3.

Select India under Country or Region List followed by clicking Continue button.

Screen 4

Select “Tata Indicom (Photon+)” as your provider followed by clicking Continue button

Screen 5

Lastly click on “Apply” button
Screen 6

Click on Save button
Screen 7

If the connection is successful, Screen appears. Now you can click on the Firefox web browser for browsing the Internet. These are simple seven steps to connect your Tata Photon Plus to Ubuntu 11.10.


Best of luck!