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On Sunday 28 October 2007, Beso wrote: |
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> > I've already told you that this is not true. IT DOES NOT WORK on the |
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> > second |
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> > primary partition. This is a known problem with grub. |
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> i've had it work with grub on the second primary partition. |
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> i used to have a first partition for windows, then a second for linux and |
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> then the exted ones. after some system fixing i finished to have the / on |
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> hda1, xp on hda2 and the other linux parts. now i'm fully happy to be with |
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> /boot to hda1, / on hda2, swap /hda3 and the other parts on lvm2 after |
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> removing winzoz. i had only needed a functioning wireless driver, but since |
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> i wasn't able to get one in more than one year, in the end i finished |
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> getting another wireless device. |
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> anyway, on my system having windows on hda2 or even on extended didn't |
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> bothered grub. |
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I'd say the second partition is only a problem if the first is "seen" by |
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Winblow - that is if it has any filesystem readable by it. |
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Thierry |
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