Vista - dual boot vista with linux

Hi,
Two questions:
1) Can you dual boot Vista with Linux using bce (or whatever the Vista
bootloader is called)
2) Can you boot Vista using grub (a linux bootloader)

Thanks

1) Think so... however if you have it on a seperate partition, it might just
say "Operating system" because it might not recognise the actual kernel of
it... however it should work, but might take some jiggery-pokery to get it
to work.
2) Nope - BCDEDIT needs to take presedence over it I do believe.

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"John" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Two questions:
> 1) Can you dual boot Vista with Linux using bce (or whatever the Vista
> bootloader is called)
> 2) Can you boot Vista using grub (a linux bootloader)
>
> Thanks

Its possible, but the problem is will it boot after installing. Windows
Vista uses a new type of Boot Manager, while Linux uses a different type,
there might be compatibility issues there to work out.
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"John" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Two questions:
> 1) Can you dual boot Vista with Linux using bce (or whatever the Vista
> bootloader is called)
> 2) Can you boot Vista using grub (a linux bootloader)
>
> Thanks

Yes you can dual boot

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"John" <no@spam.com> wrote in message news:OPYB1RkdGHA.2416@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> Two questions:
> 1) Can you dual boot Vista with Linux using bce (or whatever the Vista
> bootloader is called)
> 2) Can you boot Vista using grub (a linux bootloader)
>
> Thanks