[dba-Tech] Dual boot Windows 7 and Linux

Arthur:

I have installed a number of dual boot Ubuntu Linux and Window7/Vista/XP
boxes over the years. Started using all sorts of distros
redhat/lime/vector/ubuntu etc...however, have finally settled on Ubuntu as
infinitely reliable and full featured; 32 or 64-bit versions:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

You have to install the MS OS first, leaving room for the Linux. Download
the Ubuntu ISO 32/64 (I think it is at 11.04 right now) and burn it to CD
(Side Note: remember 64 bit OS take twice the memory of 32 bit (the goes for
all OS types and versions (Windows or Linux) so you should have 8GB of RAM)

After the Windows version installation, boot the computer from the new
Ubuntu Linux CD. (Side Note: Make sure your BIOS is set so it boots from the
CD/DVD drive.) It will give you an option to run from CD or install. When
you choose install it will note that there is already another OS on the Hard
drive and will ask whether to overwrite or setup both and then it will ask
how much of the drive to use for the Linux. 

After that, it is fairly simple with default questions for the install. At
the end Linux will install a dual boot app called GRUB2, asking the
appropriate questions. Here is a link to everything you wanted to know about
GRUB2 and how to edit its scripts:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2?action=show&redirect=GRUB2
 
Hope this is what you need. (I just installed a 64bit server version of
Ubuntu, with the desktop GUI, on Saturday and the clients should be real
happy...all the Windows stations connected without issue...now I am going on
holidays and will leave the local tech responsible). :-)

HTH
Jim
   

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 4:59 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Dual boot Windows 7 and Linux

I'm considering setting up my Windows 7 box to dual-boot, the other boot
being LinuxMint 11. But last time I tried to do it, using Ubuntu, something
seriously screwed up and I ended up having to re-install Windows 7, so I'm
trepidatious to say the least. Does anyone have a successful Windows 7
dual-boot? The reason I want that setup is so that when running Linux, I can
run the 64-bit version. I tried setting up LinuxMint as a 32-bit VM but
something went haywire, hard to say what, since I have an Ubuntu VM that
runs just fine. Weird.

THX,
Arthur
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