I have Ubuntu 12.04 as my main OS, but have been thinking of doing some dualbooting, would making a partition specifically for Windows and installing it to that partition mess with GRUB? or Would it be fine?
3 Answers
1st option : get a CD including Boot-Repair
The easiest way to use Boot-Repair is to burn one of the following CDs and boot on it.
- Boot-Repair-Disk is a CD starting Boot-Repair automatically. (English only).
- Boot-Repair is also included in Ubuntu Secured Remix CDs (multi-languages).
Get boot-repair disk
Remarks:
- You can also install the ISO on a live-USB.
- Please note that this ISO is not an official Ubuntu image.
2nd option : install Boot-Repair in Ubuntu
Either add ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
to your Software Sources via the Software Centre or, for speeds-sake, add it using a new Terminal session:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair
You can run this from terminal sudo boot-repair
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I read that, I just need to know if because it touches the GRUB that it ONLY touches the GRUB not the 12.04 Mar 6, 2012 at 6:20
Yes, it will mess it up, but...
If you install Windows 7 / Windows XP, installer will override MBR to point to windows boot menu -- which by the way don't allow you to boot linux.
If you boot some live distro from flashdisk/CD/DVD after succesfull windows install and update GRUB (and edit grub.cfg
to point to windows partition) you will be good again.
Note that Windows 8 beta behaves little differently.
Windows would mess up GRUB, after you install Windows just use a live CD and follow these instructions.
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1Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. Mar 6, 2012 at 9:46