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From: SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid>
Subject: Re: Ubuntu Grub and Vista
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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:39:38 GMT
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* Chris wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
> In article <45d227ea$0$3846$5402220f@news.sunrise.ch>, Juerg Schwarz 
>  writes
>>HOpe to be not off toppic here. I have a DELL Dimension E520 with Vista 
>>Business. (not for me of cource). I installed Ubuntu after i resized 
>>/dev/sda3 to someting like 100MB free space. Ok Ubuntu runs but no 
>>Ethernet Card was found. So i installed another one no problem.
>>BUT NOW! No Vista anymore. AND! I could not boot from original Vista 
>>DVD. I checked to boot XP from Original XP CD. Nothing! I checked out 
>>to boot with Bart PE (XP) Nothing! I got bluescreen or black screnn 
>>with nothing on it. After severla hours of googeling i deleted all 
>>partitions and then it worked to start from the Vista DVD. I coul'd not 
>>believe it and i have done the same thing again. And again i had the 
>>same shitt.
>>So - whenever Vista finds a Linux on my Disk i can't install Vista anymore.
>>Juerg

> I'm just wondering if it could be anything to do with DELL.
> Have you still got that tiny FAT partition DELL always puts at the start 
> of the drive?

As a point of reference, I've had nothing but Dell Laptops and that
partition has never caused an issue for me.
-- 
David
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