From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Nhgbw-0006Ph-PZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:54:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B9FE6E07BC; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.153]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C837E07BC for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so88920fgg.10 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:53:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=1NsxTA4bUH9eDTGix9Kbt5X4Fj2hGHuMICRQg5ki3C4=; b=xrld67tEhSEOZn435dDqvsExiPe0JHX53ILq+tAiqdOItT70R0RlH1iOQ05SzKuUFB sKSfpSdrmW3BIsieW8ykzjO9t1I/s9Y3EEUXZN0cly15MiNHdD5G+Oum3ccGflEVs6Wf KD5odpFYoprYqAwGUQ87H5lFrLcl8TeDFT9OU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=ZVzZxS/mU/jlNEdiMvCv0OMyC+zJ0RiOvyjwfzaGQxbzO0iB2PK40lPYTG6pOWjtlX gX87+HE7XF9UPlzU+vPViz5dUxIc6tBr5gtLO+aq9cCAURJCJOkdqrv5DJlu0WWoZ1ml XbaOlYgLRtXPRBJfmX1MPlJCzdXVnyAwSn5q4= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: mryiff@googlemail.com Received: by 10.103.80.23 with SMTP id h23mr5704522mul.11.1266400407647; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:53:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201002152345.35419.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <201002131509.50360.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20100213171351.GA15098@math.princeton.edu> <201002152345.35419.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:53:27 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 2c5500c8e622620c Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual booting Dell with Windows 7 From: Nick Cunningham To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e657b15670f722047fc8d287 X-Archives-Salt: 42e52e98-1035-4969-9e09-71fa7c5563e8 X-Archives-Hash: e3ff40b96baa61028d27f0cd1dbe12bb --0016e657b15670f722047fc8d287 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 15 February 2010 23:45, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 13 February 2010 17:13:51 Willie Wong wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 03:09:35PM +0000, Mick wrote: > > > I bought a Dell XPS laptop which seems to have 3 primary partitions. > The > > > third partition is where Windows 7 resides, while the second partition > is > > > flagged as bootable. The first partition contains some Dell (recovery) > > > tools. I am lead to believe that the second partition is the back up > > > partition and is meant to be used to restore the OS in the third > > > partition. This confuses me a bit - shouldn't the third partition > which > > > houses the OS be flagged as bootable instead? > > > > Take a look at this > > > http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual+boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-in-perfect-har > > mony Apparently you can now re-size online partitions with Windows 7 > > itself. > > > > Google also suggests you can chainload Windows 7 in the usual way using > > grub. > > Thank you both for your replies. If I were to choose GRUB to chainload W7 > what should I point it to? Dell's partition 2 which has the boot flag, or > the > main W7 OS partition 3? > > If I were to use W7's NTLDR equivalent - whatever this technology might be > - > will I be able to chainload GRUB from it? > -- > Regards, > Mick > Take a look at EasyBCD: http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=642 The latest betas of version 2 allow you to use the Vista/Win7 bootloader to chainload grub and so boot linux. Its pretty easy to setup aswell as all you do is tell it to add an entry to your bootloader and then direct it to your /boot partition that has grub installed. Of course its not as pretty as some of the things you can do in grub/grub2, but it does work. The only downside is that you need to register on their forums in order to download the latest betas :( - Nick -- Pablo Picasso - "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." --0016e657b15670f722047fc8d287 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On 15 February 2010 23:45, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.co= m> wrote:
On Saturday 13 February 2010 17:13:51 Willie Wong wrote:<= br> > On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 03:09:35PM +0000, Mick wrote:
> > I bought a Dell XPS laptop which seems to have 3 primary partitio= ns. =C2=A0The
> > third partition is where Windows 7 resides, while the second part= ition is
> > flagged as bootable. =C2=A0The first partition contains some Dell= (recovery)
> > tools. I am lead to believe that the second partition is the back= up
> > partition and is meant to be used to restore the OS in the third<= br> > > partition. =C2=A0This confuses me a bit - shouldn't the third= partition which
> > houses the OS be flagged as bootable instead?
>
> Take a look at this
> http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual+boot= -windows-7-and-ubuntu-in-perfect-har
> mony Apparently you can now re-size online partitions with Windo= ws 7
> =C2=A0itself.
>
> Google also suggests you can chainload Windows 7 in the usual way usin= g
> grub.

Thank you both for your replies. =C2=A0If I were to choose GRUB to ch= ainload W7
what should I point it to? =C2=A0Dell's partition 2 which has the boot = flag, or the
main W7 OS partition 3?

If I were to use W7's NTLDR equivalent - whatever this technology might= be -
will I be able to chainload GRUB from it?
--
Regards,
Mick

Take a look at EasyBCD: http://neosmart.net/forums/showthr= ead.php?t=3D642
The latest betas of version 2 allow you to use the Vista/Win7 bootloader to chainload grub and so boot linux. Its pretty easy to setup aswell as all you do is tell it to add an entry to your bootloader and then=20 direct it to your /boot partition that has grub installed.
Of course its not as pretty as some of the things you can do in=20 grub/grub2, but it does work.

The only downside is that you need to register on their forums in order=20 to download the latest betas :(

- Nick


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