Wanted: Pro to build dual boot Ubuntu

[Doug]

On 09/14/2014 01:31 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 18:27 +0200, Charles Irons wrote:
>> Trouble is I doubt my skills are good enough to install dual boot Ubuntu
>> 14.04 LTS and Win 7 or 8 on a new desktop .
>
> If your computer is not overly ancient or slow, use VirtualBox instead
> of dual booting.
>
> VirtualBox lets you run Windows (real, licenced Windows) in a window on
> your Ubuntu computer, along with whatever programs you want to install
> in it. It is much easier than having to dual boot all the time.
>
> Regards, K.
>
>
I have built a abatch of dual-boot configurations--i.e., with various
distros--and in most cases, nothing could be simpler--install Windows
first. Then along the way of installing your favorite Linux, the 
installer will ask you about partitioning (keep the windows 
partition[s]) and further on, it will set up grub or grub 2 to
boot Windows and Linux, dual booting. No problem, no fuss, the whole
thing will take maybe 15 or 20 minutes, and a child could do it.

And if you ever need to "do anything" to Windows, it stands alone, and 
you can. (You may have to run part of your Linux install disk again to
get grub working again when you're done.)

I've never had a situation where I had to "dual boot all the time."
I boot into Linux, and I don't turn the machine off, and maybe once a 
month I have to boot into Windows for some reason.

--doug