Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-02 Thread Fred Smith
On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 06:05:37PM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 7:55 AM, Fred Smith > wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 03:33:59PM +0100, Mário Barbosa wrote: > > >> 1) Install ntfs "support" > >> yum install -y epel-release > >> yum install -y ntfs-3g ntfsprogs > >> > >>

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-02 Thread Chris Murphy
On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 7:55 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 03:33:59PM +0100, Mário Barbosa wrote: >> 1) Install ntfs "support" >> yum install -y epel-release >> yum install -y ntfs-3g ntfsprogs >> >> 2) re-run the grub config gen script >> grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg >

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-02 Thread Chris Murphy
On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:17 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > Ah, perhaps I didn't think to mention that I was installing Centos > as a replacement for F19 (which is now EOL). You did, I wasn't paying close enough attention. Sorry. -- Chris Murphy ___ CentOS m

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-02 Thread Chris Murphy
On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:16 AM, Fred Smith wrote: >> Short solution: >> Does /etc/default/grub contain 'GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER="true" ? If so, >> comment that out and rerun the grub2-mkconfig command. > > No, it doesn't contain that line. Weird. So that means os-prober isn't finding Windows. Wha

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-02 Thread Fred Smith
On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 03:33:59PM +0100, Mário Barbosa wrote: > On 03/02/2015 02:06 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > I've just installed C7 on my netbook that already contained Win7 (and > > also Fedora 19, which the C7 is intended to replace). The Fedora installer > > had found the wind

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-02 Thread Mário Barbosa
On 03/02/2015 02:06 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > Hi all! > > I've just installed C7 on my netbook that already contained Win7 (and > also Fedora 19, which the C7 is intended to replace). The Fedora installer > had found the windows installation and it appeared in the grub menu, > and was bootable and w

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-02 Thread Pol Hallen
I've just installed C7 on my netbook that already contained Win7 (and also Fedora 19, which the C7 is intended to replace). If you want "dodge" a fight with grub, you can install EasyBCD (to windows OS) and handles multiple systems. (you can found a trial version): http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-02 Thread Fred Smith
On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 04:24:47AM +, Richard wrote: > > > Original Message > > Date: Sunday, March 01, 2015 21:50:34 -0500 > > From: Fred Smith > > To: centos@centos.org > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-02 Thread Fred Smith
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 09:41:06PM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, when I did it, I got this: > > Generating grub configuration file ... > > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 > > Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64.img > > Found linux ima

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-02 Thread Fred Smith
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 09:26:59PM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Fred Smith > wrote: > > Unfortunately, when I did it, I got this: > > > > Generating grub configuration file ... > > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 > > Found initrd image: /boot/

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-01 Thread Chris Murphy
> > Unfortunately, when I did it, I got this: > Generating grub configuration file ... > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 > Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64.img > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.20.1.el7.x86_64 > Found initrd image: /boot/i

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-01 Thread Chris Murphy
On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > Unfortunately, when I did it, I got this: > > Generating grub configuration file ... > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 > Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64.img > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-01 Thread Richard
Original Message > Date: Sunday, March 01, 2015 21:50:34 -0500 > From: Fred Smith > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot > > On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 02:04:24AM +0

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-01 Thread Fred Smith
On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 02:04:24AM +, Richard wrote: > > > Original Message > > Date: Sunday, March 01, 2015 20:06:26 -0500 > > From: Fred Smith > > To: centos@centos.org > > Subject: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop wi

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-01 Thread Richard
Original Message > Date: Sunday, March 01, 2015 20:06:26 -0500 > From: Fred Smith > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot > > Hi all! > > I've just installed C7 on my netbook that alrea

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-01 Thread Fred Smith
On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 01:15:14AM +, miguelmeda...@sapo.pt wrote: > > > > >It's not that I use the win7 installation much, but I do want to be able > >to do so when one of those rare occasions pops up. > > > > If your laptop is powerful enough and its processor supports > hardware virtualiza

Re: [CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-01 Thread miguelmedalha
It's not that I use the win7 installation much, but I do want to be able to do so when one of those rare occasions pops up. If your laptop is powerful enough and its processor supports hardware virtualization, you can have both systems running at the same time with almost no speed decrea

[CentOS] installing C7 on a laptop with Win7, dual boot

2015-03-01 Thread Fred Smith
Hi all! I've just installed C7 on my netbook that already contained Win7 (and also Fedora 19, which the C7 is intended to replace). The Fedora installer had found the windows installation and it appeared in the grub menu, and was bootable and worked fine. The C7 installer did not put the windows