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    Creating Partitions During Install for MBR and GPT Hard Disks 

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    Here is some basic information and advice about creating partitions when you install openSUSE:

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    Booting openSUSE on UEFI BIOS with ELILO and Grub2 (part II - Windows dual-boot ) 

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    When you install Windows 7 64bit on a blank hard disk in a UEFI sytem, the setup creates 3 partitions:

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    Booting openSUSE on UEFI BIOS with ELILO and Grub2 (part I) 

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    Grub - All about Grub and Multi-Boot Windows. 

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    Please follow this link to the wiki: SDB:All about GRUB - openSUSE Grub can be daunting for some. If the above link is too complex. ...
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    openSUSE 12.1 Release Note 

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    There have been a few queries that were detailed in the 12.1 Release Notes, here is a link for you to peruse;

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    Install openSUSE alongside Win7/Vista - A Guide 

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    The first thing you must know is this: Every Windows install is different.

    And now you also need to think about Do I have UEFI BIOS


    Before you proceed with an installation or before we advise you at all. We need a detailed list of your partitions. But you cannot provide that from Windows. Here is how to proceed.

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    updategrub for openSUSE Legacy Grub (not update-grub!) 

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