Dual Boot - Windows 7 and Linux

I seriously doubt it needs to be that complex. All I've ever had to do is:

1. Install Windows
2. Install Linux Mint / Ubuntu
3. If you want Windows to be the primary OS there are two simple commands to run in Terminal:

Code:

sudo mv /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober /etc/grub.d/06_os-prober

Code:

sudo update-grub

This worked fine for Grub 2 the last time I tried it.

If Windows is taking up the entire drive you can usually find GParted on the Linux Live CD / DVD. Just use GParted to shrink the drive and set up the Linux partition. If you can't find it just type:

Code:

sudo apt-get install gparted

Hi.

Why you need to move bootmgr to C: ?
I made partition for it and installed my linux on one (without moving bootmgr) and it works perfect.
It will add GRUB2 (for Ubuntu distro) and GRUB (for Debian or other type of distro) and your system will work normal (only grub will start before WindowsBootMgr).

Just resize one partition and install LinuxMint on it. Its recommend to have 10GB space on /, some space on /home and 2xMemorySize for Swap.

And you don't need to use EasyBCD. Only open GRUB config file with nano, gedit or pluma and edit default OS.

Trinty.

Golden said:

Trinty said:

(only grub will start before WindowsBootMgr).

To have the Windows bootmanager as default, it must be copied to C:

Ok. :)
Tnx for answer.

(And if you want to use your OEM functions on SysRecovery partition, just install linux on one ext4 partition without deleting SysRecovery. After selecting Win7 in GRUB, you can do all normaly like beofre )

Trinty. :)