Where to install the 'foreign' boot loader

This way you don't need a boot sector loader and have a robust dual-booting over BIOS boot device selection!ġ. (Separate installation method: You install one OS to its own disk and during installation only one disk is attached to the system). If you have two disks available for installation it is best to use completely separate installation of every OS to its own disk and dual-boot over one time boot device selection key in BIOS. Linux descendants can be installed to logical partitions. Unix BSD descendants need a primary partition. We assume installing to one disk and separate partitions. So you need at least two (or more) partitions for installing two OSs. Windows 7/8 boot manager will be in control of the booting after installation.Įvery OS be it Windows or not takes at least one partition for installation. If you install Windows 7/8 as second OS there is no problem. Then you install a second non-Windows OS. This guide assumes you have an installed and running Windows 7 or Windows 8 on a MBR style disk. (UNIX BSD descendants like FreeBSD, MAC OS X and Linux descendants like Ubuntu, Fedora)

Boot manager for windows 7