Need some advice before install via Grub2Win on Lenovo laptop running Win Server

[UglyStuff]

Hi everyone,

After successfully installing the latest (and last) 32-bit build on my 2006 MacBook Pro alongside Snow Leopard, I'd now like to install LL (latest 64-bit stable) on my Lenovo laptop, and I really, REALLY want to do it via Grub2Win because I don't want to have to rebuild my MBR if things go South with LL.

So far, I haven't done anything other than install Grub2Win (went without a hiccup).

I still have to partition the SSD on the laptop (got about 350GB of free space left on the Windows partition, so I've got room to wriggle); I haven't tried to boot from the USB stick where my LL copy is.

In your experience, is there anything I should really be cautious about, in terms of partitioning, before and during install? Any precautions I should take on the Windows side before I take the plunge?

Contrarily to the Mac, this laptop is my primary machine. I work on it every day, got Trados and Domino installed on it for my translation work, and every new install is a pain in the rear, license-wise, especially with Trados, and, as I said in preamble, I'd like to keep the hairy stuff to a minimum.

[Valtam]

Would it not make more sense to ask the people at Grub2Win since this is the only way you want to do it?

[UglyStuff]

Yes, you're absolutely right, and I'm gonna that just now.

I was hoping that someone here had already installed LL via grub2win, and could give me a few pointers on how not to botch the job, because LL is my distro of choice for this, and I know that install can vary from one distro to another; some are very picky on a number of things (swap or no swap, UEFI and BIOS partition or not, etc.).

When I installed 3.8 on the Mac, for example, the installer crashed on me twice before actually going through with the install, and on every crash, I had set the partitions exactly the same way.

But you're right, it's best to get the answer straight from the horse's mouth. Thanks for taking the time, and have a great afternoon/evening!

[Valtam]

The vast majority of people here are going to use what is supplied already, Grub.

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