[ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

[Mark Allison]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Ian Betteridge <ian at ianbetteridge.co.uk>wrote:

> I wiped my tiny remaining Windows partition last night to replace it with
> the beta of Windows 7 (it's only taken me a month to get around to having a
> play). It's nice, but nothing that exciting - just basically Windows Vista
> done better.
>
> But, if you're installing and also have Ubuntu installed, there's a couple
> of gotchas you might want to note.
>
> First, it merrily wipes your master boot record, which means you'll need to
> reinstall GRUB to get access to your Ubuntu install. This can be done from
> the LiveCD (google "reinstalling grub ubuntu" to find out the full details.)
>
> Second, EXT2 IFS, the Windows programme which lets you read and write to an
> ext3 partition under Windows, does work under Vista as long as you install
> it with Vista Compatibility mode on (Right click on the installer, select
> properties, Compatibility tab, and choose Windows Vista). However, it's
> unlikely to work with a partition made using the Intrepid CD - I can't
> remember the exact details as to why, but basically you're out of luck.
>

Another option is to try it out under in a virtual machine (which is what I
did).
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