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|    Re: Ubuntu Grub and Vista    |
|    14 Feb 07 01:44:46    |
   
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   Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:44:46 +0000   
   From: Chris    
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   Subject: Re: Ubuntu Grub and Vista   
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   In article <45d227ea$0$3846$5402220f@news.sunrise.ch>, Juerg Schwarz    
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   >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?   
   --    
   Chris   
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