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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual booting Dell with Windows 7
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:28:38 +0000
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On Wednesday 17 February 2010 06:58:16 Mick wrote:

> Nope.  I mean use the Windows 7 bootloader as the primary bootloader
> to chainload GRUB from the Gentoo partition.  The MSWindows stays in
> the MBR as it is now, the GRUB is installed in the Gentoo /boot
> partition.  MSWindows bootloader chainloads GRUB.

Ah, I see. I haven't heard of anyone doing it that way round before.

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Peter.