How to install the linux in pre xp installed laptop

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Dear Friends,

          I had a pre windows xp installed laptop with me i installed the linux in  that after installing the linux my windows is not booting can any body hlep with this
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in a terminal type
su
then your root password

now type

fdisk -l

paste result here

also:

go to /boot/grub/menu.lst

paste contents here
you need to be using file manager super user to read this file

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default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(sd0,5)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-8.el5)
root (sd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 ro root=LABEL=/12 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-8.el5.img
title Other
rootnoverify (sd0,5)
chainloader +1
//////////////////////
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 19 152586 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 20 2569 20482875 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 2570 3206 5116702+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 3207 19457 130536157+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 3207 3337 1052226 82 Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/sda6 3338 5887 20482843+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

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Umm.

This is rather odd. Menu shows Red Hat!

You say windows was already installed. So how come it’s at sda6 and it looks more like the format of a recovery partition?

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Dear friend i try to revcover my windows parttion using fixboot and fix mbr
that time i formated my linux parttion and grub also. i copy from some another system i change the drive latters .

/dev/sda1 3338 5887 20482843+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2 3338 5887 20482843+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3 * 1 19 152586 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 20 2569 20482875 83 Linux
/dev/sda5 2570 3206 5116702+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 3207 19457 130536157+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda7 3207 3337 1052226 82 Linux swap / Solaris

some thing like it`s look on my system

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Dear Friends,

      Any one give me the process to install linux in laptop with dual boot. i have windows vista home edition now  i need to install linux. i tryed

but after linux instalation over my windows not booting help on this

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if linux boots

in a terminal as su do

fdisk -l

and
if you are kde:
kdesu kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst

or if gnome:

gnomesu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

paste all here

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I think that you might have only vista installed and that you now want to install Suse on the same hard drive as vista. Is that correct?