install vista upgrade over linux

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setup is now dual boot, linux and xp. lilo is the boot loader. if i run a
vista upgrade do i need to remove lilo first, or will vista just take over
the mbr?
 
thanks. now i have 2 hard drives in pc. master is dual boot, slave is new and
ntfs. from within xp, can i install upgrade to slave drive (leaving xp intact
 
icoczar said:
thanks. now i have 2 hard drives in pc. master is dual boot, slave is new
and
ntfs. from within xp, can i install upgrade to slave drive (leaving xp
intact
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Per the upgrade license for Vista, you cannot have Vista and the qualifying
OS installed at the same time. It's one of the other.
 
Rock said:
Per the upgrade license for Vista, you cannot have Vista and the
qualifying
OS installed at the same time. It's one of the other.
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Welcome to Windows...
 
Per the upgrade license for Vista, you cannot have Vista and the
It's not new in Vista. It was the same in XP.
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Are you sure? I *do* have it set up that way, as dual-boot arrangement. It
is one of the options I was offered, and that's how I set it up.
 
"Michael A. Covington" wrote
Are you sure? I *do* have it set up that way, as dual-boot arrangement.
It is one of the options I was offered, and that's how I set it up.
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Yes I am sure. Read the read the license. The license (EULA) for the Vista
upgrade specifically states you can't have both installed. Nothing prevents
it technically, but it's a violation of the license. If you want to dual
boot XP and Vista you need a full version of Vista, or if you have an
upgrade license for Vista, then you need two licensed copies of XP, one as
the basis of the upgrade and one in the dual boot.
 
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