On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]>wrote:
> > The only other thing I'll mention is that if you go to install Win 7 that > it > WILL blow away the MBR in the process and thus remove Grub2 from the MBR. > If > you want to replace XP with Win 7 it would be easier to do that FIRST and > then > to reinstall Ubuntu, such that Grbu2 will be installed after Windows. The > other next-best option is to get a grub2 rescue CD (yes such a thing > exists: > in Debian/Ubuntu the package with the ISO in it is called grub-rescue-pc) > and > then learn how to deal with the grub2 command line in order to reinstall it > into the MBR after it's been blown away. I believe I've had that happen > after > having to "rescue" Windows. Another thing to keep in mind is the 200 MB recovery partition 7 creates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Recovery_Environment. It apparently doesn't follow standard use of sectors when partitioning though I haven't personally looked. http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-avoid-200mb-hidden-system-partition-from-been-created-during-windows-7-installation/ I tried having linux and 7 on the same drive unsuccessfully without an additional drive for lilo to be written to. You may have better luck with grub2 and the drive was only a 40 SSD so with 7's constant increase in size with every windows update I decided to just have one OS anyway. Many people have both so it is possible https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot The thing I would be curious about is whether you can use the recovery partition when not if windows takes a crap. -- Matthias A. Johnson matthias.a.johnson aut gmail dot com
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