I saw a problem with one computer running Win 7 in making it a dual boot system. To fix it, I did quite a bit--but some of what I did was probably overkill. However, to give a rundown:
First, I did a clean reinstall of Windows 7 from the rescue partition on the machine. (I also made a set of recovery DVD's (five of the darned things in the case of Win 7 Home Premium!) so I'd have them if anything wound up trashing the recovery partition.) Next, I removed all the "crapware" the manufacturer had installed--the "free trials" and such that junk up an OEM Windows system so often. (I do this automatically on a new OEM system anyway, even if it is only to run Windows). I then defragmented the registry and the hard disk. At that point, I partitioned the disk--making the Windows partition smaller and adding a "data" partition that would be shared with the Linux install. I also left as much space free as I wanted for Linux. After this, with the machine still booting normally in Windows 7 and recognizing the data partition, I installed Linux normally and somehow in all of this Grub2 worked fine and both systems booted normally. Grub2 sees the recovery partition as "Windows Vista" and the Win 7 partition as "Windows 7". The resulting 500 GB disk is set up thusly: Win 7 primary partition (60 GB) Win 7 recovery partition (about 12 GB IIRC). Linux root partition (15 GB) Second Linux root partition (15 GB, used if I wish to try another distro without nuking the first) Data partition (NTFS) 150 GB Linux swap 6 GB Linux /home partition (the balance of the disk) There is the usual mix of primary and logical partitions involved. The space allocation results from doing about 95% of my work in Linux--I keep Win 7 around simply because I wind up being asked questions by friends, relatives, and former clients about some Windows concern or another and I want a working system to refer to. Other than that, I boot it on average about twice a month to keep it updated. Each of those times takes nearly half a day by the time all the security updates and version updates are taken care of. If I didn't have plenty of time to waste in this fashion, Id have given up Windows long ago. David > > --- In [email protected] <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, > > Roy <linuxcanuck@> wrote: > > > > > > I am dual booting Kubuntu on a Windows 7 box. I have not seen that it > > dual > > > boots any worse than XP did on my old one. > > > > > > Roy > > > > > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > > > Location: Canada > > > > > Thanks for your reply, Roy. I believe the issue has something to do with > > the GRUB 2 which apparently didn't give you any problems. Maybe it's a > > relatively rare problem so I'm certainly not going to worry about it now. It > > may be some time before I even install as I have no real need yet. My > > antivirus seems to be working well, I haven't needed to reboot once *yet* > > and 7 is not a totally undesirable product. Besides, I paid for it anyway, > > right? lol A bit of justification there. > > Mark > > Stuck in South Carolina > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
