Can't decide whether you want to dual boot that second OS or virtualize it? Debate no more: you can have both. Here's how to dual boot and virtualize the same partition on your Windows PC or Mac.

Under "Device for boot loader installation", it should say something like /dev/sda. Change this to /dev/sda4, or whatever the name of your Linux partition is. Ordinarily, Grub will install itself ...

If you're still having issues booting into Windows, you can skip to fix any issues with the Windows bootloader section. Next, ...

After covering setting up dual-boot XP/Linux and Vista/Linux systems ... but it certainly is more complicated than adding a Linux partition to a drive with Windows on it. What you need OK ...

When you install Linux after Windows, the Linux installer knows how to deal with Windows, resize its partition, and set up a boot loader with an option allowing you to choose Windows at boot time.

I've found using a shared partition accessible to both Windows and Linux is a superior, integrated, and cost-effective fix. Are you frustrated by the clunky file-sharing experience of a dual boot ...

This is a relatively small (100MB or so is enough) FAT partition where various boot files are stored. Exactly what is there depends on the specific operating system. Some Linux distributions put ...

First, dual-booting still involves a lot of data shuffling ... of the window to adjust the sizes of the Windows and the new Linux partition. The Ubuntu installer knows how much space is currently ...

Cause that's what I have.<BR><BR>Now I read someplace that to get Vista booting with Linux I need to have Linux on the first partition and then Vista on the second partition. So...<BR><BR>/dev ...

but I'm not sure how to resize the partition from within Linux. I suppose I could do so if I boot from CD/DVD, but I don't know how to do this from with VMware after Linux has been successfully ...

If you already have Windows installed, you can still dual boot Linux, but you'll need to create a new partition on your hard drive. We'll be using Ubuntu for our example, but the process is ...