Installing Windows

Gabriel t4.zenith at gmail.com
Tue Aug 9 18:41:12 UTC 2005


Paul Sutcliffe wrote:

> I think windows doesn't ask you if you want to write the mrb, so, from
> my own experiencie, i suggest, install windows, let it overwrite the
> mrb, once installed,  make linux overwrite the mrb, and you will be
> able to dual boot using grub. In some cases you maybe will need to
> edit the grub  configuration files or the boot.ini(windows boot
> loader), sometimes, windows stops from working because the boot loader
> aims to an incorrect partition, and you'll get an HAL(Hardware
> Abstraction layer) Missing Error.
> You can install gparted, that tool will let you make some space to
> install windows. From a terminal just type this:
> # sudo aptitude install gparted
>
> Gabriel wrote:
>
>> Hello! I have to dualboot with Windows now to be able to play some
>> games. So I need to make some space for windows on my main reiserFS
>> partition (or maybe it's ext3). How do I do that?
>> And how do I make windows NOT overwrite my MBR? I wanna be able to pick
>> windows in my grub.
>>
>> Thanks"!
>>
>>  
>>
>
>
Ok! But how do I re-overwrite the mrb with Linux after that?




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