[oldskool]

I will be upgrading to Win 7 when it comes out, right now I am running Vista Home Premium 64-bit. So my question is, if I want to put Ubuntu (or BSD) on this system at a later date, would I be better off to:

1) Install Win 7 first, then add the Linux or BSD distro after that ?

or

2) Go ahead and install the Linux or BSD distro and then put Win7 on after that ?

Does it matter which way ? Thanks

[Mak213]

It would be best to install Win7 first. by going with Linux first you will get the GRUB loader by which will then be replaced again by the BCD once you install Win7. Since the BCD doesnt have default settings to include Linux or GRUB you would then lose the ability to boot to that partition till you used EasyBCD to add it back.

If you go with Linux after you will then have the BCD set for the dual boot with Vista/Win7 and then GRUB would be installed and you will have your triple boot set easily.

Of course if you want to just use the BCD you can install Linux now and then win7 later and do what i said above. Use EasyBCD to add a entry for Linux and have all 3.

[oldskool]

Thank you for the quick reply and info, Mak !