Installing fedora 17 with windows 7
Hi,
I have windows 7 installed on my laptop. I want to install fedora 17 on a separate partition D (27 GB). Please suggest what should I do to make it dual bootable and retain windows 7. Regards Fabe |
? Read the dual boot instructions on the fedora docs .
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/...llation_Guide/ and search the "fedoraforum" http://forums.fedoraforum.org/index.php this is a very common question I my self like to chainload to the windows bootloder that requires using " the dd method" The fedora install DVD will gladly set up a dual boot once it detects Windows 7 step 1 back up win 7 step 2 See "step1" step 3 back up important data ( to dvd or usb drive ) step 4 resize the windows7 partition ( or use a second drive ) install fedora 7 using a custom install the installer will ask you about windows 7 and what to do with it |
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can the windows bootloader be bypassed? |
you basically run the fedora live-usb creator then reboot the pc telling it to boot from the usb device (every pc model has a different way to do this).
then while the live-usb is running you clik on the 'install to harddrive' button and clik next a few times. what problems are you having ? |
Not sure there is a great reason to dual boot. Can you consider a virtual machine instead?
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I'm not so sure I would recommend VM's over duel booting. Obviously I would prefer to do neither. The other day I had to get access to excel to work on a project from home. Installed Windows on Virtualbox and installed MSoffice. It was excruciatingly slow. I mean, I know windows is slow as it is, but it certainly doesn't need any help :)
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Before I could install Fedora I had to shrink the Win's 7 partition. Your Windows partition will look something like this: Code:
dev/sda 1 (size in MB or in GB) NTFS I than shrunk the Win's 7 partition approx. in 1/2 Here is the instructions for that: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/ It's in megabytes so do your math. After I shrunk Win's 7 I used the Free Space that the Fedora Installer showed me and created my partitions from that Free Space.....Like so- Code:
dev/sda 5 /boot ext3 20GB or 20480 in MB Wish you the best:) |
Its what am using right now. Install windows 7 or if already installed, create a free partition or unsed space. Run the fedora DVD @ partioning choose custom layout and install fedora on the un used space you created. Just make it simple by installing on root and swap. accept the boot loader option so that you can dual boot.
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I don't think that it's against EULA to dual-boot an OEM wins, MS doesn't want an OEM within Vbox, although you can purchase fully licensed wins & put it in Vbox.
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...2/#post4867063 if so, what i meant was that i think it was against ms's eula for oem's to sell pc's with windows and linux pre-installed (ms would probably take away the manufacturers bulk discount if they did). |
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