Linux Dual Boot
#1
Hello.

I want windows7 and Xbmcbuntu dualboot.

I installed windows7 on a 50G partition, then I installed Xbmcbuntu on a 15G partition. Now when I start the computer it automaticly starts xbmcbuntu.

What I would like is:

*If I dont press a given button(F1,f2,f3 or something) it boots xbmcbuntu.
*If I press the button, boot windows7.

I will start xbmcbuntu 99/100 boots, but I might use windows sometimes so I want Xbmcbuntu to be the default choice,

As you understand I'm a total beginner at Linux, so help would be very nice! Smile
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#2
That's what you will have. At the grub screen on boot you can choose windows or let it automatically go to xbmcbuntu.
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#3
But I dont. It automatically boots xbmc.. I installed windows first, then XBMCBuntu. On a separate 15G partion, but I cant see the windows partition from XBMCBuntu wich boots auto.
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#4
What's the output of the mount command. This will tell you whether Linux is seeing the Windows partition or not. If it isn't you may need to install ntfs-3g which can read and write to NTFS filesystems.

To get a Windows option at boot time you may need to either run sudo update-grub so grub can rewrite its config file to put a Windows option on the boot screen, or add a timeout period to grub. It may be booting into Linux by default without a timeout option set.
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