Hey Tuan, This wasn't my question - I'm forwarding this to the list so that the OP, (original poster) can see your response.
Thanks, On 21 Aug 2012, at 15:55, Tuan Pengfei <pengfeit...@gmail.com> wrote: > I still use SL 6.2 now，I don't know whether the grub program has been > updated, I suppose there is no a great change of it. > I think, first you should make you computer boot from grub, ie you should > install SL after Win7 if you have only one disk. you could also install them > in different disks. This make you could boot your systems with grub. You > could also use lilo instead of grub, but not recommend for it is easier to > configure with grub. > > Second, you should boot your selected systems successfully with grub. By > default, you could make it by the settings given by your distros, but > sometimes you should boot it you self. The grub provide a small shell, you > could use some commands to boot your systems manually. > Then you failed in the first or second step? you could solve them step by > step. > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Mr IT Guru <misteritg...@gmx.com> wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > On 20 Aug 2012, at 15:31, Conan Doyle <o...@celticblues.com> wrote: > >> What is the correct way to set up a dual boot system for CentOS 6.3, or SL >> 6.3, and Windows 7? > > > > I'd do the following: > > Partition my hard disks > Create a 100M partition as a boot partition at the start of the disk > Install GRUB2 (or if not familiar with grub only install - install a really > small linux distro) > Install this to the boot partition > Then copy the MBR to a save location > Install windows to it's partition > It may very well indeed nuke your newly created linux boot stuff, but we have > a properly partition drive > We also have the grub boot loader, and it's in the right place > When windows is working, replace the MBR with the backup you took > Install linux to it's partition > Use the boot partition you created earlier as the boot partition for your > linux install > A modern distro will spot your windows instance, and reluctantly ask you if > you want to use it > If linux installer doesn't find windows > Do a google search for manually configuring chain loaders in GRUB > > > I could be 100% wrong, but for me it's the partitioning that always catches > me out when building dual boot systems, making the boot partition first seems > to always save me > >
