Hi Julien, 2009/8/24 nescivi <nescivi@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Thursday 20 August 2009 08:54:33 TheOther wrote: >> Julien Claassen wrote: >> > Hello! >> > I'm having a bit of a worry over an istallation: I have a computer >> > with a windows on the first partition, unfortuintely it must remain >> > there. Then on the space behind it I want to install my Linux. How >> > should >> > I go about bootloaders? >> > I could install grub in the MBR right up front, but then I should take >> > care of win's bootloader, in any case win is known to simply overwrite >> > another bootloader, if it feels like updating. Wouldn't really want to >> > risk it. Is there a way to put grub at the start of the Linux partition >> > and make it known to win, tat there's another bootloader sitting there, >> > waiting to be started? Kindest regards and THANKS! >> > Julien >> >> Hello Julien, >> >> You didn't say which version of Windows you're running. With Win95 >> and Windows NT, I had no trouble installing Linux with GRUB using the >> Master Boot Record (MBR). As has been said before, install Windows >> first and Linux second. >> >> But when I got my laptop with Windows Vista pre-installed, this did >> not work. After Linux was installed, Vista would not boot. I did a >> Vista reinstall and forgot about Linux on that machine. > > Maybe you didn't resize the NTFS partition properly? > You have to repartition with an external tool (I usually use the RIP live > distro for this), that takes care of resizing the NTFS partition properly. > I think this works best when it's brand new, so all the data on the NTFS > partition is at the start, so you don't loose anything when resizing. I had success many times resizing Windows XP and Vista partitions with GParted using Ubuntu LiveCD or USB stick (made using Unetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net). Use manual partitioning only! Antanas Budriūnas _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
