Dual boot win 7 32 bit and Ubuntu 64 bit? Or do they have to match?

[gnet158]

Hello, newbie here, I wanted to know if I can mix match the between the two? I have Win 7 32 bit installed on my Samsung 830 SSD and want to dual boot that using ubuntu 64 bit. Or do they need to both be 64 bit? I pulled one of my old 1tb HD and installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my 6-7 year old Dell E520 (core 2 duo, 4 gigs of ram) and am impressed. I was also surprised that it works flawlessly with my DIV DVM switch, it runs very well and can only imagine how much faster it will be on my SSD. Let me know and thanks!

[sudodus]

Welcome to the Ubuntu Forums :-)

No they do not have to match. I have Ubuntu 32-bit and 64-bit installed in this computer (that I am using right now). I'm running 32-bit right now.

You can try Ubuntu (Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, ...) before installing it (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2230389) in order to find out which version is working better for you. Maybe there is no big difference.

[Bashing-om]

gnet158; Hi !

The two systems are completely independent. If your hardware supports 64 bits, and you have 4 Gigs - or more - of ram -> install the 64 bit version.
Windows likes to be 1st on the hard drive and for booting either, grub will chainload the Window's boot code.




more is better

[gnet158]

Great, Thanks for the quick replies.