Window installation on laptop with Obuntu already installed in it

[Ravita Lamba]

Hi all
Can anybody please guide me how install Windows 8.1 on a system with only one partition and Obuntu is already in it.
I mean I just want to get started with Windows 8.1 and i don't want to remove obuntu.
Also I am not getting this for Obuntu "Map the folder \\filer02.iitd.ernet.in\winisos as a network drive in a Windows machine (from My Computer -> Tools -> Map Network Drive, without reconnect at login and connect using different credentials) using your ACAD\IITDuserid as your username and your Kerberos password. In Mac or Linux mount the CIFS share cifs://filer02.iitd.ernet.in/winisos."
Can anybody help me?

Thanks Ravita

[Alok Singh Mahor]

On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 9:43 PM, Ravita Lamba <ravitalamb...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all
Can anybody please guide me how install Windows 8.1 on a system with only one partition and Obuntu is already in it.
I mean I just want to get started with Windows 8.1 and  i don't want to remove obuntu.

steps:

1. create bootable pendrive of ubuntu

2. boot your laptop using that pendrive

3. resize and existing partition and create another partition out of free space using gparted

4. keep this pendrive you will need it after installing window 8

5. install window using DVD/pendrive on that newly created partition

6. if window has installed and everything works fine then boot your laptop using ubuntu pendrive to install grub boot menu

7. after booting ubuntu from pendrive open terminal

8. sudo fdist -l # to find out your liunx partition e.g. sda3

9. sudo mount /dev/sda3 /mnt # to mount linux partion which have grub directory
10. sudo grub-install --root-directroy=/mnt/ /dev/sda # this will install grub

11. sudo update-grub # this will update grub menu

 

 Also I am not getting this for Obuntu  "Map the folder \\filer02.iitd.ernet.in\winisos as a network drive in a Windows machine (from My Computer -> Tools -> Map Network Drive, without reconnect at login and connect using different credentials) using your ACAD\IITDuserid as your username and your Kerberos password. In Mac or Linux mount the  CIFS share cifs://filer02.iitd.ernet.in/winisos."
Can anybody help me?

In IIT you get central account with username and password, that people generally access using ssh. In window also you can access your that account using ssh client or you can mount your home directory like your dedicated drive like C:\\, D:\\ etc

 

[Alok Singh Mahor]

step 3(resizing and creating new partition) should be done with lot of care and understanding because you may loose data if anything went wrong