Can Windows 7 RC dual boot?

Evan Leibovitch evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org
Sat May 9 03:25:02 UTC 2009


Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> I just installed windows 7 rc (build 7100) on my new laptop (repkacing
> vista home basic) and then installed debian testing afterwards, and grub
> thinks it found vista, but everything works fine.
>
> As usual, install windows _first_, then the other OS.
>   
As I said,
> I'm hoping I can set it up to be the third bootable partition on a
> system that already has Linux and XP setups that I don't want to destroy.
Any suggestions? The best I've heard so far is to install the Win7 and
let its bootloader install, then boot from an Ubuntu Live CD and
reinstall GRUB.

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_linux_is_already_installed.htm?page=6

I've never used grub's command line before. Are there easier solutions?

- Evan


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