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05-14-2013

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Thanks, I am going to try how it works and w'd update you. In the mean time, just w'd like to know whether my all 3 OS w'd work. Now, 2 are already there, windows and fedora.
When I boot it asks me for the below options:
Fedora
Other
(by default it selects Fedora)
If I select "other", it takes me to windows.
Now, what I am trying to do: I w'd go via unetbooting and then I w'd install my ubuntu 12.10. Now, when I free up some space in root directory, I w'd select that space for installation. So, can you please let me know whether all the 3 OS w'd work and will ubuntu be my boot OS.

---------- Post updated at 08:41 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:46 PM ----------

OH MAVERICK IT HASN'T WORKED!
I WENT THE SAME WAY YOU TOLD, SKIPPED AND DIDN'T MOUNT THAT. THEN I ENTERED RESCUE MODE. HERE THE COMMANDS DOESN'T WORK.
When I entered the command

Code:

vgchange -a y VolGroup00

, it messaged that the command doesn't exist.Not only this, other commands like vgremove, pvcreate, lvs , pvs, mkfs also failed to run with the same message of invalid command.

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extlinux(1)						      General Commands Manual						       extlinux(1)

NAME

       extlinux - install the SYSLINUX bootloader on a ext2/ext3 filesystem

SYNOPSIS

       extlinux [options] directory

DESCRIPTION

       EXTLINUX is a new syslinux derivative, which boots from a Linux ext2/ext3 filesystem.  It works the same way as SYSLINUX, with a few slight
       modifications.  It is intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, and for creation of  rescue  and  other  special-purpose  boot
       disks.

       The  installer is designed to be run on a mounted directory.  For example, if you have an ext2 or ext3 usb key mounted on /mnt, you can run
       the following command:

	      extlinux --install /mnt

OPTIONS

       -H, --heads=#
	      Force the number of heads.

       -i, --install
	      Install over the current bootsector.

       -O, --clear-once
	      Clear the boot-once command.

       -o, --once=command
	      Execute a command once upon boot.

       -M, --menu-save=label
	      Set the label to select as default on the next boot

       -r, --raid
	      Fall back to the next device on boot failure.

       --reset-adv
	      Reset auxiliary data.

       -S, --sectors=#
	      Force the number of sectors per track.

       -U, --update
	      Updates a previous EXTLINUX installation.

       -z, --zip
	      Force zipdrive geometry (-H 64 -S 32).

FILES

       The extlinux configuration file needs to be named extlinux.conf and needs to be stored in the extlinux  installation  directory.  For  more
       information about the contents of extlinux.conf, see syslinux(1) manpage, section files.

BUGS

       I  would  appreciate hearing of any problems you have with SYSLINUX.  I would also like to hear from you if you have successfully used SYS-
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