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    dual boot with vista ultimate 64?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by link144, Feb 18, 2009.

  1. link144

    link144 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is it possible? If it is, what should I do?
    I have KUBUNTU and vista 64 bit Ultimante
     
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    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, its possible. I am dual booting Debian with Vista Business 64 right now. What I did first was to get a Vista disc so I could do a clean install and repartition my harddrive. When I did a clean install I made my Vista partition smaller and I left some non-partitioned space over for Linux. I have heard of people shrink their Vista partition to make room, rather than reinstall, but I don't know what program allows this or whether its reliable. If you are planning on installing Ubuntu there is also Wubi, which lets you install Linux within the Windows partition, but I haven't tried this method myself. I like the good old create a new partition route :D
     
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    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    If you defrag your disk in windows, you can resize the partitions from the Ubuntu/Kubuntu installer as long as it's FAT32. If it's NTFS try the gparted livecd. Good luck.
     
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    You can resize NTFS partitions from the LiveCD too.
     
    proxima_centauri, Feb 19, 2009
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    You can use GRUB to boot up Windows. Install/make sure Windows is installed first, then install Kubutnu, it will detect windows and add the boot options needed to start either Linux or Windows.
     
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    I didn't know that, thanks... added that to my N10 howto!

    I'm a Debian user so I'm a bit shaky on Ubuntu things sometimes ;)

    Thanks again.

    Edit: Hmm, looks like the Debian installer supports resizing NTFS now too, I guess I'm just behind the times :D
     
    ALLurGroceries, Feb 19, 2009
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