Windows Vista To Make Dual-Boot A Challenge?

mustafap writes "UK tech site The Register is reporting on security guru Bruce Schneier's observation that the disk encryption system to be shipped with Vista, BitLocker, will make dual booting other OSs difficult - you will no longer be able to share data between the two." From the article: "This encryption technology also has the effect of frustrating the exchange of data needed in a dual boot system. 'You could look at BitLocker as anti-Linux because it frustrates dual boot,' Schneier told El Reg. Schneier said Vista will bring forward security improvements, but cautioned that technical advances are less important than improvements in how technology is presented to users."

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Once again, m$ way or the highway.

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It may not be compulsory but most likely all the OEM's will have it as the default File system much like NTFS is now for windows XP.

and the "restore" disk will only allow a whole disk hogging, exact partion reinstall. This will force the user to have a second hard drive and much more complicated boot mechanism if they want to get their money's worth out of the M$ tax and still use Linux. This assumes a chain loader will be able to deal with the encrypted volume without hardware drivers and DRM keys.

Although experienced linux users will have no problem with reformatting and creating new partitions

Experienced users will be able to do that if they can mount the drive in the fist place and don't mind wiping out the partition.

Like NTFS before, it will take years to get around this crappy little roadblock M$ is creating. New hardware is going to suck more than ever for a few years.