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Is there a good way to make a remote machine dual-bootable into Windows and Linux?

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Mar 15, 202610229 views
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I'd like to make a dual-boot machine that can be rebooted into either OS remotely. The only idea I have is to make the grub configuration live on a FAT partition so that it can be edited by either OS. The user would manually change the default OS in menu.lst. (Maybe this would only work with grub 1…

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If the system can boot from its network card, and if you have an accessible DHCP server you can remotely configure: Make separate partitions for Linux and Windows (practically goes without saying, but just in case). Configure the DHCP server to offe…

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