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Install Vista first. During the installation of OpenSUSE, you will be prompted if you would like to partition the hard drive to make room for OpenSUSE, or format the drive entirely for OpenSUSE. Make a partition of at least 6 GB, plus a swap partition of 1 GB. The installer will automatically install a bootloader known as GRUB, which can boot Vista or OpenSUSE at your choosing.

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Dual-booting Windows and Ubuntu is easy! If you already have Windows installed on your computer, insert the Ubuntu live-CD, reboot into the CD, and follow the on-screen instructions (selecting "Install along side another operating system" when prompted), and you're ready to go!

If you are installing on a blank hard drive, though, it's best to install Windows first, then Ubuntu, Windows might write over your preexisting Ubuntu files.

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install vista first.

then install Linux

Linux will install a bootloader called grub, which can handle windows vista as well.

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You could use Wubi (Ubuntu Linux), GParted, fdisk or cfdisk.

I recommend installing Windows first (if it's not there already) and then Linux.

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