Dual Boot with Linux?

blake gonterman gnunixguy at gmail.com
Fri Aug 8 17:20:37 MST 2008


It'll work if you install Vista SP1 before installing the Linux boot loader
(grub or LILO). there are several articles on google.com about this.
However, It seems to only apply to Vista Enterprise or Premium, I am unsure
about the other versions of Vista.

After SP1 is installed, you should be good, but if Microsoft releases an
SP2, then youll have to reinstall the Vista bootloader.

--Gnunixguy

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Nadim Hoque <nadimhoque at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pretty much most distros out there can resize the windows partition and in
> my case I have opensuse 11 dual booting Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I am
> pretty sure mandriva does resize ntfs, but if it doesn't just right click on
> my comptuer, chose manage then storage. in that window selectect your main
> hard drive and shrink it. WIth the free space linux should be able to
> install in the free space.
> Nadim
>
> On Aug 8, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Anthony Boynes wrote:
>
> I recently bought a new laptop Vista Home Premium on it, and I had no
> problems setting up a dual boot with Ubuntu.  The installer recognized the
> Windows partition and set up the appropriate grub entry for it.  I haven't
> touched Mandrake/Mandriva in a long time, but I would imagine that should
> also work well.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:49 AM, mike enriquez <mylinux at cox.net> wrote:
>
>>    Does anyone know if Windows Vista will dual boot with Linux?
>>
>> I plan to use Windows Vista Home Premium and Mandriva 2007 Spring pack.
>>
>> All help will be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks you
>>
>> Mike Enriquez
>>
>>
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