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Debian with Windows bootloader

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Debian with Windows bootloader

#1 Post by On_A_Rainy_Day »

Hello,
I hope, I get the terms correctly. I'm quite new.
Is it ok, to make another partition, when I'm having 2 operating systems via the windows bootloader? It is windows and Linux.
windows does take 2 harddrive for its partition and Linux does take one.
I would want to take the one of the two harddrives, which windows is using, for the partition and use it for Debian. Is that possible?

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Re: Debian with Windows bootloader

#2 Post by peter_irich »

If you have Linux and Windows in computer, it is better use Grub, the more so that Windows is in second drive.
Enter info grub -> Booting -> OS-specific notes -> DOS/Windows

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Re: Debian with Windows bootloader

#3 Post by On_A_Rainy_Day »

I don't want to do that, because it is not important to me, what is better or easier in this case.
At the moment I have that architecture built up and don't want to reset it. So instead of resetting everything, I would prefer to go with win bootloader.
I did it before and it works perfectly fine, but still I prefer advice with it.

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Re: Debian with Windows bootloader

#4 Post by wizard10000 »

Install EasyBCD on the Windows machine.

When you install Debian put grub on the linux partition and not on the master boot record.

Go back to Windows and use EasyBCD to add Linux to your Windows boot manager. Once set up correctly Windows' boot manager will chainload grub instead of the other way around.

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