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GRUB vs MBR
Author:
Sheepdawg
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:55 pm
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Sheepdawg got a little crazy the past few days. Every once in a while i like to check out the Linux side of things. So i got Ubuntu 10.10 and installed it. Restarted and it worked great. Dual boot Win 7 and Ubuntu. Then Ubuntu was all "I can haz updatez?" So i said sure why not. 250+ updates later it says "I can haz Grub?" Now it said skip but i had no idea what Grub was. SO i said sure buddy, go ahead and grab whtat you need. Restarted, POST, verifying DMI pool.....ERROR GRUB RESCUE.
OH NOES!!!! So after many trips to #ubuntu and #windows i finally stopped trying to take the quick easy way out, burnt a Win 7 iso to DVD and here i am, back together, but with a new win7.
But hey, i dont mind. Reformattied PC's are super sexy, and fast to boot.
So a word of warning to those of you wantign to dual boot win and linux. Make sure u have an actual drive(not a partition of ur HD0) when installing it. If you do install linux on a partitioned 'drive' on HD0 then DO NOT install GRUB. Skip it, i promise you will be fine. If you have C:/ on HD0, and D:/ on HD1 then you are able to instal GRUB no problem.
FFR, Grub is Linux's equivilent to Windows MBR( Master Boot Record).
Also you are able to just run Ubuntu as a 'Live' session without installing it, so that may be the way to go as well.
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Re: GRUB vs MBR
Author:
Sheepdawg
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:57 pm
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also if any of you tech literate guys see any issues in my post, or false information, lease let me know. Now that i have my Win 7 CD i will be more ruthless in my trial and error approach. I guess its the benefit of having a entertainment PC, and not one with buku information.
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Re: GRUB vs MBR
Author:
Cajun-Man
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Location: Louisiana
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:06 pm
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careful, I have a downed PC . . . Used my Win 7 home Premium win key too many times, now it is no good anymore, now I have the OS installed, and no Key Code to Validate it
It has got me furious, all windows support will tell me, is to spend $160.00 for a new copy of windows
so careful how many times you use your Key . . .
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