On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Ian Betteridge <i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk>wrote:
> I wiped my tiny remaining Windows partition last night to replace it with > the beta of Windows 7 (it's only taken me a month to get around to having a > play). It's nice, but nothing that exciting - just basically Windows Vista > done better. > > But, if you're installing and also have Ubuntu installed, there's a couple > of gotchas you might want to note. > > First, it merrily wipes your master boot record, which means you'll need to > reinstall GRUB to get access to your Ubuntu install. This can be done from > the LiveCD (google "reinstalling grub ubuntu" to find out the full details.) > > Second, EXT2 IFS, the Windows programme which lets you read and write to an > ext3 partition under Windows, does work under Vista as long as you install > it with Vista Compatibility mode on (Right click on the installer, select > properties, Compatibility tab, and choose Windows Vista). However, it's > unlikely to work with a partition made using the Intrepid CD - I can't > remember the exact details as to why, but basically you're out of luck. > Another option is to try it out under in a virtual machine (which is what I did).
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