Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Jan Meier <jan@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Late in the game Windows dual-boot question
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:22:13
Message-Id: 200604301120.28631.jan@codejunky.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Late in the game Windows dual-boot question by Mark Knecht
1 Hi Mark,
2
3 > I assume that the Windows install would wipe out grub. Would I just
4 > reinstall grub from a Gentoo install CD to get it back and then modify
5 > my grub config file to set up the dual boot? Any grub/Windows issues
6 > having Windows at the end of the drive sitting in an extended
7 > partition?
8
9 Windows could not boot from an extended partition, it must live in a primary
10 partition. When Windows is installed into a primary partition after linux,
11 grub is wiped out, but it can be reinstalled with a livecd (chroot).
12
13 Regards
14 Jan
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