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blubberbaer
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 Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 4:28 pm Post subject: dual boot w7/gentoo grub2 uefi |
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Dear all,
once upon a time i was able to set up a dual boot system with mbr, cause it was somehow understandable for me. Now I'm totally confused with this "new" uefi stuff.
I've followed the gentoo handbook to install gentoo on an uefi system. My partition layout is looking like this
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Model: ATA Crucial_CT1024MX (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 3146kB 2097kB ext2 grub bios_grub
2 3146kB 134MB 131MB fat32 boot boot, esp
3 134MB 18,1GB 18,0GB linux-swap(v1) swap
4 18,1GB 661GB 643GB ext4 rootfs
5 661GB 876GB 215GB ntfs win
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Unfortunately I was a bit hasty and didn't install windows 7 pro before installing gentoo and now I don't dare to install windows 7, since I'm not able to find some easy readable instructions for a noob like me.
This manual
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/UEFI_Dual_boot_with_Windows_7/8
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mentions, its better to install windows 7 first. Now I'm lost cause I don't wont to risk killing gentoo and finally end up with an unbootable system. Work forces me to use windows from time to time and even though I've spent some hours searching to find some instructions doing the installation in the possibly wrong order, I don't feel well to do it ....
I want to install w7 into the fifth partition, knowing that after that I can't boot gentoo any more ....
How do I recover the grub boot menu after the installation if i am on a uefi system ?
Any help is very much appreciated....... 
Greetings
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The Doctor
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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A few hours and no one with a clear idea, so I'll throw out my 2 cents.
I wouldn't. I would backup the Gentoo install onto an external HD or other media, install Windows 7, and then restore Gentoo. I would also say that no matter what you do, backing up Gentoo is not optional.
No matter how you do it, windows will clobber you boot loader. You will have to restore it from your rescue media, which may also be more familiar as your install media. Just follow the steps to chroot then you can fix your boot loader. This is really a non-issue.
| Quote: | | Work forces me to use windows from time to time and even though I've spent some hours searching to find some instructions doing the installation in the possibly wrong order, I don't feel well to do it .... |
Same, and I still have a few games that won't accept wine.
There is a third door here that you may not have considered. Depending on how powerful your machine is and how heavy your company software is you might consider simply running widows 7 as a virtual machine under Gentoo. I've got a fairly strong machine with 16 Gig of Ram and an i7. Windows 7 runs smooth as silk.
Just some food for thought.
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