Ubuntu 8.4 problem
Mark Haney
mhaney at ercbroadband.org
Thu Jan 29 20:16:23 UTC 2009
Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>
> I can't believe I am seeing this! Last year the approved way to run
> Ubuntu was in dual boot with Grub to Windows. The LiveCD does this
> almost automatically.
>
> As for loading Windows after Ubuntu, you MUST HAVE partition 1 open
> and you must format the partition with Windows, and if you do that it
> will load easy. I did that on my laptop and it is working perfect in
> dual boot.
>
>
> Karl
>
>
You're missing the point. The Windows install blows away anything on
the MBR since it expects to be the only OS on the system. That's what
they are driving at.
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Mark Haney
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