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#1 2012-08-20 21:48:38
- slot
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How toDualboot Using Windows 7 Boot-Loader and Grub2 on Arch partition
This is a laptop, so one harddrive only.
I am following:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … er_Layouts
which was written for grub legacy.
Will it be possible to do the same with the new Grub?
I have tried:
dd if=$my_boot_part of=/media/win/linux.bin bs=512 count=1
but get:
dd: open '/media/win/linux.bin': Permission denied
Maybe it is better to boot windows from Grub - but I am not experienced with the new grub and neither with windows 7. Does it work allright to install the new grub in master boot record and to load windows from the new grub?
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#2 2012-08-21 03:44:52
- ewaller
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Re: How toDualboot Using Windows 7 Boot-Loader and Grub2 on Arch partition
It works beautifully. The grub configuration utility will find the Windows 7 partition and will automatically create a menu entry.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gr … mmended.29
By the way... The dd command could not write to '/media/win/linux.bin' because your user does not have permission to write there. You probably needed root permissions. Be extremely careful with the dd command, it can do a lot of damage to data if you don't get the invocation perfect.
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#3 2012-08-21 04:04:23
- the.ridikulus.rat
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Re: How toDualboot Using Windows 7 Boot-Loader and Grub2 on Arch partition
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