lexpython
June 11th, 2010, 02:19 PM
I have encountered this on several new laptops recently, dug around a bit, and found nothing.
So: Newer laptops shipping with Windows 7 almost always have a recovery partition in front of the "C" drive. On two laptops I've tried to dual-boot, Windows seems to overwrite and/or corrupt GRUB so that it won't boot into either OS. I then have to boot from a Live disk & edit the boot to make it temporarily work.
On both computers, I've had to install EasyBCD into Windows to get it to boot consistently to Windows, but it knocks out GRUB and will not boot to Ubuntu.
I feel that if I am having this trouble, a lot of people must be. Most of them probably just give up without checking here first.
I do not want to do an install inside Windows. I want to use a separate true partition (EXT4) so when Windows dies I can access data.
This manufacturer decision to use recovery partitions that seem to overwrite GRUB could be a major blow to Ubuntu, and linux in general. Most people are just going to quit in frustration.
So: Newer laptops shipping with Windows 7 almost always have a recovery partition in front of the "C" drive. On two laptops I've tried to dual-boot, Windows seems to overwrite and/or corrupt GRUB so that it won't boot into either OS. I then have to boot from a Live disk & edit the boot to make it temporarily work.
On both computers, I've had to install EasyBCD into Windows to get it to boot consistently to Windows, but it knocks out GRUB and will not boot to Ubuntu.
I feel that if I am having this trouble, a lot of people must be. Most of them probably just give up without checking here first.
I do not want to do an install inside Windows. I want to use a separate true partition (EXT4) so when Windows dies I can access data.
This manufacturer decision to use recovery partitions that seem to overwrite GRUB could be a major blow to Ubuntu, and linux in general. Most people are just going to quit in frustration.