On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:41:03 +0200, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
[...]
> You can try to re-partition your host hard disk (shrink main NTFS
> partition), create new partition, and give spare partition to your
> Linux guest.
>
> Then if you can modify host's (Windows) bootloader to start Linux from
> second partition, it might work with VBox. Never tried that one.
The Windows bootloader is installed in the superblock of the NTFS
partition.
So the usual simple solution since ages is to install grub (or lilo) in
the MBR (and keep Linux-CD around if Windows decides to clean the MBR)
and add an entry for Windows..
Bernd
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