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

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

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Feb 6, 2013

But by the time you are done with this tutorial, GRUB 2 will be in the Partition Boot Record (PBR) of the boot partition of the Fedora installation, and Windows 8’s boot program will be restored to the boot manager, making it the primary boot manager, so that every time the computer is rebooted, you will see this screen, or a bland, black one.

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