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    Installing Vista after Linux

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by deadspider187, Apr 29, 2008.

  1. deadspider187

    deadspider187 Newbie

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    I'm having some trouble installing Vista from the restore CD after putting Gentoo 64-bit on it. I have configured my two hard drives as a RAID0, and I have configured the partitions like so:

    isw_gfbbiaigBootlume0p1 Primary Linux ext3 98.71
    Pri/Log Free Space 249999.17
    isw_gfbbiaigh_Volume0p2 Primary Linux LVM 250007.39

    Vista refuses to install on the second partition with the "...unable to find a suitable volume". It can delete and format the second partition, but will not install. I can't seem to find anyone else with this problem. Any suggestions?
     
    deadspider187, Apr 29, 2008
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  2. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    I believe Vista will only install on an NTFS volume, so you need to delete the second volume and let Vista create it's own. After you install Vista, you need to setup GRUB to list both OSes, as Vista will overwrite GRUB during installation. Now to dig up a Linux and vista dual boot guide. I think there is one already in the forums....

    Edit: First step by step guide that was googled

    http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_linux_is_already_installed.htm

    I hope that helps.
     
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  3. cyclist14

    cyclist14 Notebook Consultant

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    A program called TweakVI will let you edit the Vista bootloader so that you can add your linux distro to the bootloader.
     
    cyclist14, Apr 29, 2008
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