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    Help!! Dual-booting Vista and Linux on a RAID Array

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by BigHops323, Dec 3, 2008.

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    BigHops323 Notebook Deity

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    OK, I have Vista already installed and above all else, I DO NOT want to reinstall vista. I used Vista's partitioning tool to free up ~100GB unpartitioned space. I'm currently operating on the Ubuntu live CD, how do I set up the partitioning through the install process to get this to install properly without wiping my RAID array or messing with my Vista installation. Thanks to all!!
     
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    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    At the grub boot menu for the installer add:

    dmraid=true

    to the boot arguments. That is all you should need with a relatively recent build of Ubuntu. Good luck!
     
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    I went through with the Alternative Install, dmraid was enabled. Now when it boots there is no option for Vista, but all the files are still there. Anyone know if I can boot into windows?
     
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    Yes just edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst and add an entry for your windows partition... if you're not sure which it is do an fdisk -l

    For an example if windows is on your second partition on your first disk:

    title Windows
    root (hd0,1)
    makeactive
    chainloader +1
     
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