Still having problems creating dual-boot workstation

[Kerim Gueney]

On 08/13/2015 09:54 PM, John G Heim wrote:
> A couple of years ago, I posted a question about using FAI to create a 
> dual-boot machine. We have some kind of aut-installer for Windows 7 
> that I know next to nothing about. But after the Windows guy installs 
> Win7, I use FAI to install linux on the free space. But after FAI 
> finished, the Win7 installation has to be rescued. There must be some 
> linux workaround for this because if you install debian or ubuntu from 
> an installation CD, you don't have that problem.
What exactly needs to be done after the FAI installation?

> How about a sample storage-setup config file for a dual-boot machine? 
> Here's mine:
> --- begin ---
> disk_config disk1 disklabel:msdos fstabkey:label align-at:1 
> preserve_always:1,2
> primary    -           204800K       ntfs     rw,relatime
> primary    /windows    204800K       ntfs     rw,relatime
> logical    /           72G-          ext4     rw,relatime 
> createopts="-L ROOT"
> logical    swap        4G-10G        swap     rw createopts="-L SWAP"
I haven't tested it but this should actually work, the only thing I 
could imagine is that grub-update not working correctly and Windows not 
being listed in grub.