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How to dual-boot Fedora 18 and Windows 8 on 1 HDD, with GRUB in a PBR

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Feb 6, 2013

Despite the shortcomings of the new Anaconda, the Fedora systems installer, it is still kinda easy to set up a dual-boot system between Fedora 18 and any other operating system. Note that “kinda easy” does not necessarily means that it is straight-forward, because it is not.

You just have to know how to go about it, that is, workaround the drawbacks of the new Anaconda.

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