Re: Windows Info

I have also been dual booting Ubuntu and Vista for over a year. Never had
problems. Just don't try to let Windows manage the booting. Let grub do it.

On 4/13/07, Scott W. McMikle <lxrules@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am writting you from a dual boot machine with Ubuntu and Vista. Grub
was installed without any trouble and it works as advertised. When I first
booted Vista after that, it did offer an option to "fix" the way Windows
booted. I declined the "fix" and have not seen the dialog box since.

Scott


On 4/13/07, Chris <racerx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Brian Astill wrote:
> > On Friday 13 April 2007 13:35, Saad Kabir wrote:
> >> I have a quick question that can ubuntu coexist with windows
> >> vista Business
> >
> > The only sensible way to use Linux of any kind is to "dual boot".
> > You use Partition Magic (or similar) - or you could use qtparted,
> > which comes as part of the Ubuntu install disk- to create a
> > second (empty) partition, leaving your Windows data intact on the
> > other. You then install Ubuntu on the empty second partition.
> >
> > Unless Vista has done something diabolical, a grub menu will be
> > created automatically and will allow you to choose between Vista
> > and Ubuntu when you restart your computer.
> >
>
> Unless MS has done something to allow for dual booting after RC2, then
> it just won't work.
>
> Based on my experience w/RC2 - getting Vista to dual boot ANYTHING was
> impossible.
>
> That may not be the case now with the official releases - but I would
> still be weary.
>
> If you absolutely MUST have Windows and not the hardware to run Vista
> w/Aero - then install something like XP or even W2K.
>
> Vista is just too new to be trying things like dual booting. If you
> simply must - not only frequent Linux lists and forums, but it might be
> worth it to visit a few Windows forums.
>
> Then of course there is the less intrusive option - VMWare.
>
>
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> Chris
>
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