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Peter Hoff wrote: |
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> It might actually be a Windows issue rather than a grub issue. Historically Windows has been really picky about being on /dev/hda1. I've heard rumors that newer versions are less picky about it, but then again I recall hearing rumors that you never needed to defrag ntfs, so... |
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> I'd probably repartition and reinstall (maybe using disk images to minimize the pain). I also recall seeing somewhere bootloader settings that would trick Windows into thinking it was on /dev/hda1, but I can't recall where. It may have been back in the lilo days. tldp.org is never a bad place to look. |
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> ----- Original Message ---- |
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> From: Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk> |
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> To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o |
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> Sent: Monday, April 9, 2007 7:14:45 AM |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Amoeba file system |
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> On Monday 09 April 2007 14:49:18 Wil Reichert wrote: |
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>> Going to guess here that your XP install isn't on the first partition |
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>> of the drive its on? Seem to recall problems with that and grub |
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> It's on /dev/hda3. |
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> So anyway, that's why I stick with Boot Magic. |
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It's been a while since I had Windows on a secondary partition, but when |
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I did (it was Windows 98) I think I needed to use GRUB's makeactive |
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command to make windows think it was on the first partition. |
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