Need help installing 19

Frank beacon at videotron.ca
Sun Jul 7 19:57:18 UTC 2013


On 06/07/2013 10:42 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 07/07/2013 01:12 AM, Frank wrote:
>> I would like some help/opinions installing Fedora 19 on  a new computer
>> which came with Windows 7 installed.
>> I have shrunk the Windows partition to 40 gigs ( it's an 80 gig hd) and now
>> have 4 partitions, two devoted to Windows and two empty ones...I plan to
>> put Fedora
>> in one of them.
>>
>> Windows still boots fine after Gparted did it's work on the partitions.
>> Windows
>> chkdsk facility did check the installation after the partition re-sizing but
>> everything was fine.
>> I formatted the empty partitions with ext4, so the installation should
>> be easy.
>> The thing I am concerned about is Grub - has anybody had problems
>> booting Windows after a Linux distruibution  and Grub was installed ?
>> Any advice ??
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
> Just installed Korora 19, which is supposed to be very close to Fedora.
> There is Windows 7 and PCLOS-KDE-64 already on the disk. After a false
> start with the live disk (first time loaded it hung after KDE
> initialized, second time OK) and after all this, with Korora installed
> and grub2 in use, windows boots, and the Linux systems boot. If I had my
> druthers, I'd rather have original grub to boot everything from--for one
> thing, the opening screen is prettier in PCLOS--and for another, I know
> how to modify menu.lst if I need to. I don't know anything about Grub2.
>
> --doug
>


     Since you're the only one who replied...I'll install 19 and grub2 
and live with
the consequences :)




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