[dba-Tech] Dual boot Windows 7 and Linux

Hi Arthur,

I use Ubuntu sometimes and boot directly from my USB stick.  It works well
enough for me.

I frightenend myself a few days ago when my big Win7 machine booted from the
USB, what a shock to see Ubuntu where I expected to see my whole life :)

Mark


On 21 August 2011 12:58, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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