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From: Chris Whelan on 5 Aug 2010 04:43 On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:39:53 +0000, Tony Houghton wrote: > In <Xns9DCA7379BE13Athanexit(a)188.40.43.230>, thanatoid > <waiting(a)the.exit.invalid> wrote: > >> Chris Whelan <cawhelan(a)prejudicentlworld.com> wrote in >> news:Uj96o.49192$Y21.9618(a)hurricane: >>> >>> To dual-boot, partition the drive first, install any Windows OS's >>> second, install any Linux OS's last. >> >> Sigh... OK, thanks... > > To avoid having to reinstall Linux you can use gparted on the LiveCD to > shrink the existing partition(s) and make a Windows one. You should then > be able to install Windows on that, then find a HOWTO or something to > guide you in reinstalling GRUB into the MBR. As the average Linux install is 20 minutes or less, and it doesn't appear that the OP has invested significant time in configuring the install, much better to start again as I outlined surely? Chris -- Remove prejudice to reply.
From: Tony Houghton on 5 Aug 2010 12:10 In <QQu6o.25164$MQ3.820(a)hurricane>, Chris Whelan <cawhelan(a)prejudicentlworld.com> wrote: > On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:39:53 +0000, Tony Houghton wrote: > >> In <Xns9DCA7379BE13Athanexit(a)188.40.43.230>, thanatoid >> <waiting(a)the.exit.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Chris Whelan <cawhelan(a)prejudicentlworld.com> wrote in >>> news:Uj96o.49192$Y21.9618(a)hurricane: >>>> >>>> To dual-boot, partition the drive first, install any Windows OS's >>>> second, install any Linux OS's last. >>> >>> Sigh... OK, thanks... >> >> To avoid having to reinstall Linux you can use gparted on the LiveCD to >> shrink the existing partition(s) and make a Windows one. You should then >> be able to install Windows on that, then find a HOWTO or something to >> guide you in reinstalling GRUB into the MBR. > > As the average Linux install is 20 minutes or less, and it doesn't appear > that the OP has invested significant time in configuring the install, > much better to start again as I outlined surely? That's true, it probably is quicker to reinstall Linux than resize the partition and recover grub, especially if you've got a separate /home partition you can reuse. The OP didn't seem too pleased about it though. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk
From: thanatoid on 5 Aug 2010 16:14 Tony Houghton <h(a)realh.co.uk> wrote in news:slrni5jr1p.pcd.h(a)realh.co.uk: > In <Xns9DCA7379BE13Athanexit(a)188.40.43.230>, > thanatoid <waiting(a)the.exit.invalid> wrote: > >> Chris Whelan <cawhelan(a)prejudicentlworld.com> wrote in >> news:Uj96o.49192$Y21.9618(a)hurricane: >>> >>> To dual-boot, partition the drive first, install any >>> Windows OS's second, install any Linux OS's last. >> >> Sigh... OK, thanks... > > To avoid having to reinstall Linux you can use gparted on > the LiveCD to shrink the existing partition(s) and make a > Windows one. You should then be able to install Windows on > that, then find a HOWTO or something to guide you in > reinstalling GRUB into the MBR. I am only new to Linux, I have been using DOS/Windows for about 20 years - I learned it at work and just stayed with it - I use my computer to do things I want to do, not to have the super most ultimate setup in the world. I have NO MS programs on my machine except the VERY heavily tweaked 98SELite. (And XP because of ONE stupid piece of hardware with no pre-XP or Linux drivers...) Attempting to uninstall Mint (to install XP and THEN reinstall Mint rather than TRY to configure GRUB which the Mint people on IRC told me was NOT a good idea) ***totally fubared*** my HD. I don't even want to think about what would happen if I started messing around with gparted. It took about 15 hours and 6 different partition programs from Hiren's had to be used, and in the end the only thing which finally did it was MS's fdisk (as much as I absolutely HATE to admit it) - and only AFTER the other programs did what they could - two of the six did a little bit, and enabled fdisk to finalize the job - originally it could do NOTTHING. I'll spare you further details. I will try Puppy from a USB stick - hopefully it will run better than Mint. Thanks for the reply. -- Any mental activity is easy if it need not be subjected to reality.
From: thanatoid on 5 Aug 2010 16:15 ....see previous reply... -- Any mental activity is easy if it need not be subjected to reality.
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