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David B
Asked: 2010-10-16 05:54:58 +0800 CST

Removing Fedora 13 and installing ubuntu 10.10

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I have used 10.04 for a while using the wubi installation with Windows XP.

I then uninstalled it and gave Fedora 13 a try (on its own partitions).

Now I would like to completely get rid of Fedora and install ubuntu 10.10 (not using the wubi, but the real thing this time), so I will have a dual boot with my XP.

What's the best way to do that?

The only caveat is that I don't have the XP CD in hand (I know it's needed sometimes to run fixmbr from recovery console to get rid of grub). I can ask for the CD from our admin but it would take a couple of days.

10.10 grub2 installation

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  1. Best Answer

    You can install Ubuntu into the partition that is currently fedora either with a CD, or with a usb stick. You can download the necessary iso from http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download. The Ubuntu help wiki has more information how to install dual-boot

    To fix the MBR you can use utilities independent from the XP CD http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ is just one of the examples.

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