Re: Win10 and Linux
Brian Carey <[email protected]>
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Hi Everyone, I had similar issues with dual booting Windows. Don't really see myself using it that much so not really that interested in devoting a partition to it anymore. I have been looking into creating a persistent Windows 10 USB just to have it there to play with. Any thoughts? Would it be usable? Worth the effort? Brian On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Conor Daly < [email protected]> wrote: > If you had a record of your linux partitions you could try to re-make > them. They'll quite likely have all of the data there but you'd have to > make sure you got the partition boundaries exactly right. > > Conor > > On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 10:59:21PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, > Aaron Hastings thought: > > Yes. It wiped both of my Linux partitions. Gone. Well, "unallocated", > but > > not even worth attempting a recovery. This was the straight Windows 7 > -> > > Windows 10 in-place upgrade. > > > > Couldn't believe it. I mean, I expected the MBR to be overwritten > with the > > Windows bootloader. That's an easy fix; just boot into a Live USB and > run > > `grub-install /dev/sda` and you're laughing. Nope, completely wiped. > I saw > > a few other reports on Reddit of the same thing, so it seems I wasn't > just > > unlucky. > > > > The funniest part? It didn't even install its bootloader, so I > couldn't > > boot into anything. Ridiculous. > > > > Aaron > > > > On 31/07/2015 01:03, Bacon Zombie wrote: > > > > I installed the preview on an extra partition. > > > > Already had xubuntu and Win7 already installed. > > > > Now when I choose Windows from Grub I get the option for Win7 or X. > > > > On Jul 30, 2015 5:45 PM, "Anders Holm" <[1][email protected]> > wrote: > > > > M$ Win has historically always wanted to own the MBR, so I'd > expect it > > to still do that. Keep yer USB recovery handy ... and possibly > save > > out a copy of MBR (etc.) before upgrading??? > > > > //anders > > > > On 30/07/2015 16:40, Gerard Cunningham wrote: > > > > Anyone had any experience of upgrading to Win10 on a dual boot > > machine yet? Curious to know if I should brace myself for full > linux > > reinstall, whether win10 affects grub/partitions etc > > > > -- > > Irish Linux Users Group > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > Groups "ILUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from > it, > > send an email to [2][email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [3][email protected]. > > Visit this group at > > [4]http://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/group/ilug/. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > > [5] > https://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/d/msgid/ilug/CACcBZUKVZQAqC4hq1DKyP0gT%2BiAHBWmQzdmWPMSLwZxVgTYd9w%40mail.gmail.com > . > > > > -- > > Irish Linux Users Group > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "ILUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > > an email to [6][email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [7][email protected]. > > Visit this group at > > [8]http://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/group/ilug/. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > > [9] > https://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/d/msgid/ilug/55BA4698.9080103%40gmail.com > . > > > > -- > > Irish Linux Users Group > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "ILUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > > an email to [10][email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [11][email protected]. > > Visit this group at [12] > http://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/group/ilug/. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > > [13] > https://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/d/msgid/ilug/CAPz7E53EfGOG_8RwGTsuaZ4-_1BufS6wXdkVeaObaBbU%3DBp-qw%40mail.gmail.com > . > > > > -- > > Irish Linux Users Group > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "ILUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an > > email to [14][email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [15][email protected]. > > Visit this group at [16] > http://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/group/ilug/. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > > [17] > https://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/d/msgid/ilug/55C3D8B9.108%40aaronhastings.me > . > > > > References > > > > Visible links > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > > 2. mailto:[email protected] > > 3. mailto:[email protected] > > 4. http://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/group/ilug/ > > 5. > https://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/d/msgid/ilug/CACcBZUKVZQAqC4hq1DKyP0gT%2BiAHBWmQzdmWPMSLwZxVgTYd9w%40mail.gmail.com > > 6. mailto:[email protected] > > 7. mailto:[email protected] > > 8. http://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/group/ilug/ > > 9. > https://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/d/msgid/ilug/55BA4698.9080103%40gmail.com > > 10. mailto:[email protected] > > 11. mailto:[email protected] > > 12. http://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/group/ilug/ > > 13. > https://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/d/msgid/ilug/CAPz7E53EfGOG_8RwGTsuaZ4-_1BufS6wXdkVeaObaBbU%3DBp-qw%40mail.gmail.com > > 14. mailto:[email protected] > > 15. mailto:[email protected] > > 16. http://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/group/ilug/ > > 17. > https://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/d/msgid/ilug/55C3D8B9.108%40aaronhastings.me?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > > -- > Conor Daly <[email protected]> > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GCS/G/S/O d+(-) s:+ a+ C++(+) UL++++ US++ P>++ L+++>++++ E--- W++ !N > PS+ PE Y+ PGP? tv(-) b+++(+) G e+++(*) h-- r+++ z++++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > http://www.geekcode.com/ http://www.ebb.org/ungeek/ > > -- > Irish Linux Users Group > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ILUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/group/ilug/. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/d/msgid/ilug/20150807110213.GB7867%40hobbiton.cod.ie > . > -- Irish Linux Users Group --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ILUG" group. 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