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James <wireless <at> tampabay.rr.com> writes: |
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> Once again, I'm installing several amd64 systems with dual boot XP. |
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> I always have to nuke the XP, reformat, leave sda1 for XP and continue |
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> on with the install. Since I am installing Gentoo first (amd64 livedcd) |
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> is there any things to watch out for, when I go back and put XP on the sda1 |
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> partition? |
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Well, I know it's not kosher to answer your own emails, but here's what I did |
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for lack of a smoother proceedure. |
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1. Use livedCD to reformat the entire drive. NTFS is formated onto the first |
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partition sda1. |
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2. Use the remainder of the disk for Gentoo, reiserfs. |
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3. Continue on with the livedcd install, using the amd64 binaries |
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on the disk; quick and easy. |
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4. Reboot the system with XP (do not use recovery CD) in the cdrom drive. |
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5. Install XP in the NTFS (sda1) partition; leave the NTFS formating |
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performed during the LiveCD installation process (never trust Microsoft |
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with disk formatting. |
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6. Since it will now only boot XP, I load the liveCD for AMD64 into the CDrom |
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and reboot. |
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7. Boot up the livecd and fire up a terminal session. |
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8. go root (sudo su). |
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9. mkdir /mnt/temp |
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10. mount /dev/sda2 /mnt /temp (location of /boot partition). |
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11 run grub 'grub' |
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a. grub> root (hd0,1) |
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b grub> setup (hd0) |
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c grub> quit |
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Just like the handbook. I had to use 'hd' even though the drive is an |
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sd (sata) drive with grub...... |
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I wish there was a smoother way to perform dual boot installs? |
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Hope this helps somebody else....it works for me. and is now fairly |
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mechanical.... |
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James |
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