Re: Dualbooting ubuntu

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:23:18PM -0600, debiani386 wrote:
I am going to install ubuntu and set it up on my router next week. Im
wondering how i would go about dualbooting my ubuntu with my windows (as
i like to play windows games that perform slowly on wine).

Install Windows first. Then install Ubuntu, it will set up dual-booting
for you automatically. If you do it the other way around, Windows will
ungracefully make your Ubuntu installation uninstallable. (That can be
fixed by booting from a Ubuntu CD and reinstalling GRUB.)

Marius Gedminas
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