win 7/ ubuntu dual boot

[SteeleDragon78]

has anyone seen any trouble doing this while using the grub for loading? im tired of my laptop being such a wimpy device and am trying to boost its performance. also im getting ready to head back to school for my ccnp cert and want to be able to expand my knowledge base.

[Hibble]

has anyone seen any trouble doing this while using the grub for loading?

Need a bit more info. how is grub not working?

Most common win 7 problem is using the ubuntu installer to resize windows partition on the hard-disk, win 7 dose not like this. Basic solution to this is to resize the windows partition in windows before installing ubuntu to the free space on the hard-disk we just created.

If its a different problem start with https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

[SteeleDragon78]

not having problems yet, im currently considering the pros and cons and was wondering if anyone had had issues in their attempts. as to the resizing i will take that into account should i proceed.

[Midorikawa]

In short, yes, grub should see Win7 fine.

In long, new GRUB2 fixes a lot of problems, and is a good deal simpler than previous versions. This is the default in the last 2 releases of Ubuntu. The script will read the magic number of the partition to see partition type, then based on that make a determination on OS. The script on my netbook has a section on win7, so it should, in theory, see it just fine.

If not, there's a quick module you can write to allow a win7 boot option manually.

Note: My netbook has an unused XP partition, and that's it for windows. I'm not a windows user at all, and can't make absolute determinations without the option of playing with it myself. That said, I _AM_ a Linux Systems Administrator for a major web hosting company here in Utah, and as such, am fairly well versed in the Linux side of things. :-)

[Eric the Grey]

The only advice I can offer, is that you want to partition your drive, and install Windows first, with Ubuntu second. That way, Grub will be set up to dual-boot between the two. If you install Ubuntu first, then Windows will override Grub and you won't be able to boot into Ubuntu.


Eric the Grey