Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Grub: Dual Boot don´t work correctly

Add you to what? You can email me at linuxcanuck@gmail.com.

Roy

Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 23 March 2011 04:43, mansour hassan <mancoeg@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> hello Roy
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> please add me i wanna tallk to you personaly
> my mail account is : mancoeg@yahoo.com
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> regards
> hassan
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> --- On Tue, 3/22/11, Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Grub: Dual Boot don´t work correctly
> To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 6:00 PM
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> If you install Windows first then you don't have a problem because
> Ubuntu will install grub which is OS agnostic. If you install Windows
> second then it will overwrite the MBR with its own boot loader which
> only recognises Windows and ignores Linux. This means that you can
> get into Windows, but not Linux. The rule of thumb is therefore to
> install Windows and then Linux. It does not matter which version of
> Windows because they are equally blind.
>
> Roy
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> Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
> Location: Canada
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> On 22 March 2011 10:32, Chris Becker <usabecker@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:20 PM, KLaus <klauslms@yahoo.de> wrote:
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> >> Hello Roy,
> >> thank you for your help!
> >> I am tired of repairing. I will install both systems again!
> >> Kind regards
> >> Charlyms
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> > Just a note, every time I have installed Ubuntu to dual boot with XP,
> > it has been required to run the system repair CD to restore the boot
> > sector of Windows. This used to be mentioned in all of the tutorials
> > I was using back then when I first got started, but I do not see it
> > mentioned on the ones I am finding now. I do not know if the problem
> > has supposedly gone away or not. But the process is fairly simple:
> > boot from the windows install CD (after first installing Windows then
> > Ubuntu) and then select the option that is something like "repair an
> > existing installation." I don't remember the exact steps, but I do
> > recall it was fairly automated and intuitive when looking at the
> > options.
> >
> > My experience is different from Roy's as I never had to Reinstall grub
> > after I did that. I don't know if that is because I was lucky or if
> > something has changed.
> >
> > ~Chris
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> >>
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