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Step 4 – Create partitions for Windows Vista
We need to create 2 primary NTFS formatted partitions on the disk: one active, 1.5GB size minimum and another larger (all the rest for instance with a minimum of 8.5GB). The former will be used to boot the machine (active partition) and will remain unencrypted while the latter will host Windows Vista and will be encrypted when we activate Bitlocker.
You can use diskpart tool to do this (available from Repair options on the Windows Vista DVD). Here is what the instructions may look like :
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Step 2 – Install GRUB on the Linux partition (outside of MBR)
See other post “How to use Windows Vista’s Boot Manager to boot Linux”
Step 7 - Enable BitLocker on Windows Vista
See BitLocker documentation, like
Step 3 – Install Windows Vista
The underlying idea here is to have Bitlocker enabled with the original Windows Vista boot files. Another possibility would be to use a TPM-aware version of GRUB. However this would imply using files in the boot sequence that were not tested by Microsoft, which I would not recommend. Moreover, using original Windows Vista files offers you the benefits of code that went through the Security Development Lifecycle, which I personally find very valuable.
Step 4 – Configure dual booting in Windows Vista
We will create an entry for GRUB in Windows Vista boot configuration data store using bcdedit.
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How to use Windows Vista’s Boot Manager to boot Linux
The Web is full of explanations on how to dual boot Windows and Linux using a Linux boot manager like GRUB or LILO. If you want to dual boot Windows Vista and Linux using Windows Vista’s Boot Manager, please read on. I will assume that you already have installed Linux on your machine using GRUB as your boot loader.
Some (simplified) background on Bitlocker:
Bitlocker Drive Encryption allows encryption of Windows Vista’s partition and provides a secure startup process when in use with a TPM (a crypto chip on the motherboard). Basically the BIOS, the TPM, the MBR and the boot sector will collaborate to help verify that there was no modification to the boot sequence since Bitlocker was activated. This is done by using a function of the TPM to compute and store a hash of the code before executing it, at each of the initial steps of the boot sequence. Different hashes will be computed and stored in specific registers of the TPM. Then Windows Vista will ask the TPM to unseal its volume encryption key and the TPM will only provide this key if its registers are correctly set. Therefore if you replace Windows Vista’s MBR by a MBR that is not TPM aware, it won’t hash the boot sector before executing it and a register in the TPM won’t be populated. Same with the boot sector. Therefore Bitlocker will simply refuse to be enabled.
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Step 5 - Install Windows Vista
Install Windows Vista on the largest NTFS partition.
Building a dual boot system with Windows Vista BitLocker protection with TPM support
•On Linux, launch a Terminal with root privileges
•Take a copy of Linux boot sector : dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/tmp/linux.bin bs=512 count=1
•Copy linux.bin on a FAT formatted USB key or any storage accessible from Windows Vista
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Step 6 - Set up Windows Vista Boot Manager to boot Linux
See other post “How to use Windows Vista’s Boot Manager to boot Linux”.
Note: I assume that you have a Bitlocker compatible machine (including TPM 1.2, TCG BIOS). See
•On Windows Vista, launch a command prompt with administrative privileges (by right clicking on cmd and choosing Run as Administrator)
•Copy Linux boot sector on the root of the Windows boot (active) partition, namely the one containing bootmgr. If you don’t know for sure you can use diskpart or diskmgmt.msc to find out which one it is.
•Create an entry for GRUB :
o bcdedit /create /d “GRUB” /application BOOTSECTOR
o Note: bcdedit will return an ID for this entry that we will call {LinuxID} below. You will need to replace {LinuxID} by the returned identifier in this step. An example of {LinuxID} is {81ed7925-47ee-11db-bd26-cbb4e160eb27}
•Specify which device hosts a copy of the Linux boot sector
o bcdedit /set {LinuxID} device boot
•Specify the path to a copy of the Linux boot sector
o bcdedit /set {LinuxID} PATH \linux.bin
•Add Linux entry to the displayed menu at boot time
o bcdedit /displayorder {LinuxID} /addlast
•Let the menu be displayed 10 seconds to allow for OS selection
o bcdedit /timeout 10
Step 1 – Install Linux
Note: be sure to leave enough unpartitioned space for Windows Vista: about 11 GB of free unpartitioned space and slots for 2 partitions are needed
Step 1 – Install GRUB on the Linux partition (outside of MBR)
As Windows Vista will replace the Master Boot Record (MBR) with its own, we need to relocate GRUB elsewhere by running grub-install with the Linux partition as a parameter.
Many people have wondered if it would be possible to dual boot a TPM-bitlockered instance of Windows Vista with Linux, or another OS. The answer is yes and the following procedure will hopefully help you setup your machine correctly.
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•On Linux, launch a Terminal with root privileges
•Find the name of the partition Linux is installed on by running fdisk –l (the partition you’re looking for is the one whose system is Linux, can be something like /dev/sda1 or /dev/hda1. For the rest of this post, I’ll use /dev/sda1)
•Install GRUB on the Linux partition by running : grub-install /dev/sda1
Step 3 – Get a copy of Linux boot sector
See other post “How to use Windows Vista’s Boot Manager to boot Linux”
Step 2 – Get a copy of Linux boot sector
We will need to instruct Windows Boot Manager how to boot correctly Linux using Linux boot sector,Tory Burch Wedge Flip-flops, which we will extract using dd.
