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Installing Linux on Vista computer?

 
 
milleron
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      02-03-2007

I'm dual booting Vista and XP.
Does anyone have any idea if it would be possible to install a Linux
distro that uses GRUB or LILO on a third partition -- i.e., do either
GRUB or LILO know how to handle Vista's BCD booting method?

Ron
 
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Carey Frisch [MVP]
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      02-03-2007
Dual-boot Windows Vista and Linux
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"milleron" wrote:

I'm dual booting Vista and XP.
Does anyone have any idea if it would be possible to install a Linux
distro that uses GRUB or LILO on a third partition -- i.e., do either
GRUB or LILO know how to handle Vista's BCD booting method?

Ron
 
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