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Dual-boot issues

  Date: Feb 13    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 352
  

Until recently I was dual-booting Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 (64-bit), using
EasyBCD as the boot manager.

Then 12.10 appeared. I used the standard procedure to upgrade from 12.04, but
12.10 wouldn't boot afterward, although Windows did. I used
boot-repair-disk.iso, a special purpose boot disk, to restore this functionality
in Linux.

I'm now thinking about installing Windows 8, just released, though not strongly
motivated to do it. I suppose it will alter the boot sector in such a way as to
make Ubuntu unbootable, as Windows installations always do. If the application
of the boot-repair-disk.iso does the job again, I'm inclined to proceed with it,
but otherwise maybe not. (Perhaps the boot repair disk would not work with W8
because it's too new?) Anyhow, advice would be appreciated.

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4 Answers Found

 
Answer #1    Answered On: Feb 13    

Win8 is too new to know for sure, fancy being a Guinea Pig

 
Answer #2    Answered On: Feb 13    

Yes. W8 will restore the boot sector to the Windows bootloader and make
Linux inaccessible. As far as Windows is concerned there is no
other choice so it ignores non-Windows OSes and file systems. Go ahead if
you want W8. Back up data in both Windows and Linux just to be safe. Then
use the same boot repair procedure as before.

 
Answer #3    Answered On: Feb 13    

If what I read from various "unbiased!" commentators is correct,
I would be avoiding Win8 like the plague, at least until two or
three Update Packages have arrived.

 
Answer #4    Answered On: Feb 13    

Yes, but it is cheap now. The price will go up later on. If you go to their
upgrade site it just asks when you bought your computer and if you just
make up a date in the last few months (white lie) you can get an upgrade
for $15 instead of the usual $40 upgrade fee. That window will close soon.
You can eventually expect the $40 rate to rise as well.

 
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