When you say "installed" did you use mint4win?
I've never used mint4win so I can't answer your question but if you did a "real install" then I suggest you look at this: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=22093
Accessing file of other OS installed in same system
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Re: Accessing file of other OS installed in same system
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Decemberdoom
Re: Accessing file of other OS installed in same system
Wait, you said you installed Ubuntu via Windows XP?? The only way possible is if you used Mint4win.
Anyway, since you seem to have denied using Mint4Win, Ill just assume that you have Ubuntu on a seperate partition. First, open up gparted, and find the partition's name. It'll be /dev/sda* or something similar.
Now open up a terminal and type
Make sure the directory you mount it to exists!
I have no clue about how Mint4win works, but I heard it just creates a few files on the NTFS partition, if it perhaps has an image file for storing the Hard Disk, we might be able to mount it using a loop command, but I have no real experienced with using any of the wubi variants.
Anyway, since you seem to have denied using Mint4Win, Ill just assume that you have Ubuntu on a seperate partition. First, open up gparted, and find the partition's name. It'll be /dev/sda* or something similar.
Now open up a terminal and type
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sudo mount /dev/sda* /whereyouwanttomountittoI have no clue about how Mint4win works, but I heard it just creates a few files on the NTFS partition, if it perhaps has an image file for storing the Hard Disk, we might be able to mount it using a loop command, but I have no real experienced with using any of the wubi variants.
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distoaddict
Re: Accessing file of other OS installed in same system
if i read this correctly you have installed ubuntu using wubi (windows ubuntu installer) and mint conventionally and you want to be able to boot ubuntu from the mint grub menu which i don't know if it can be done without editing menu.lst.
please post your /boot/grub/menu.lst from your mint install
and its equivalent in ubuntu.i think its at the root of your c drive
or in c\mint.
please post your /boot/grub/menu.lst from your mint install
and its equivalent in ubuntu.i think its at the root of your c drive
or in c\mint.
Re: Accessing file of other OS installed in same system
It looks to me that you:
Installed Ubuntu using wubi ( or whatever ubuntu calls mint4win )
Installed Mint in a real partition and is now controlling booting.
In a way you already have access to the Ubuntu files from Mint. It's probably located in a file somewhere in the WinXP partition and looks something like this: c:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk. You should be able to verify this.
The problem is that its going to be gibberish ( I'm guessing ) since Ubuntu using wubi required that an application be installed on XP to take that file and make it look like a real OS. I don't think you can access any "real" files from that Ubuntu install from Mint.
Installed Ubuntu using wubi ( or whatever ubuntu calls mint4win )
Installed Mint in a real partition and is now controlling booting.
In a way you already have access to the Ubuntu files from Mint. It's probably located in a file somewhere in the WinXP partition and looks something like this: c:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk. You should be able to verify this.
The problem is that its going to be gibberish ( I'm guessing ) since Ubuntu using wubi required that an application be installed on XP to take that file and make it look like a real OS. I don't think you can access any "real" files from that Ubuntu install from Mint.
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distoaddict
Re: Accessing file of other OS installed in same system
slightly off topic but i found this quite enlightening http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2009/03/1 ... bi-ubuntu/
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Decemberdoom
Re: Accessing file of other OS installed in same system
As far as I can tell, it is impossible to "upgrade" your install from a Wubi install to a full install. You should copy any important files and just reinstall Ubuntu.
Though, if I may ask, what do you need Ubuntu for? Mint is basically a polished up/fixed up version of Ubuntu, so I'm a bit confused as to why you want to keep both OS's.
Though, if I may ask, what do you need Ubuntu for? Mint is basically a polished up/fixed up version of Ubuntu, so I'm a bit confused as to why you want to keep both OS's.