This weekend I tried to install Windows XP inside Ubuntu 9.04 via VirtualBox on an old computer but was troubled by a serious of GRUB booting errors. First, it was the “Grub loading stage1.5 Read error”. After tweaking the BOIS settings, I could get away with the stage1.5 error but was plagued with other disk [...]

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Since I was introduced to Ubuntu – desktop edition of the Linux operating system – I have become a fan. I use it all the time and everyday! Once I fully get used to it, I can fully depend upon it for all my daily work – checking email, surfing, posting forum entries, building or [...]

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Update (April 24, 2009): The following entry applies to dual-boot (Ubuntu or Windows). After learning the fact that I can install Windows inside Ubuntu (not the other way around) via VirtualBox for Ubuntu, I do not recommend dual boot anymore. When you get used to Ubuntu, you will use it more and more and you [...]

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