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- schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4> "its only when you install in reverse that you need to really know what your doing (you can thank microsoft for that)."
http://www.apcstart.com/3895/how_vista_screws_dual_booting_nirvana
It's by design. There's history of technical sabotage as a tool for hurting rival software. Iowa has got Microsoft in court for this ATM. - cloakeddagger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3the easiest way to install both OS's while avoiding those sticking points is this:
install windows, paying special attention to reserve a hard drive or partition for linux.
install linux on the previously mentioned reserved space.
all modern linux distro's install properly and configure grub to be able to load windows, they will also usually mount your windows partition too without the need for user intervention...
its only when you install in reverse that you need to really know what your doing (you can thank microsoft for that). - schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The whole process can be done using as a new front end: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1


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