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On Saturday 27 Oct 2007, Julien Cassette wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I needed to install Windows XP on a logical partition, but I found that |
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> it can't boot from such a partition because NTLDR needs to be installed |
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> on a primary one. |
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> So I set up the following partition scheme: |
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> /dev/sda1 ext3 Gentoo root |
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> /dev/sda2 ntfs NTLDR |
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> /dev/sda4 Extended |
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> /dev/sda5 ext2 Gentoo portage |
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> /dev/sda6 swap Gentoo swap |
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> /dev/sda7 ext3 Gentoo home |
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> /dev/sda8 ntfs Windows XP |
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> Win xp installed and booted without problem |
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This is interesting. I've had various versions of Windows on various |
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machines over the years and I've never managed to get grub to start Windows |
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unless Windows was on the first primary partition. Yet in your case no part |
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of Windows is on the first primary partition. What's your secret? Or has |
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the latest version of grub been fixed in this respect? |
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> but now that I need to restore GRUB, I am wondering if I need to |
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> write "root (hd0,1)" or "root (hd0,7)" into the grub.conf to boot windows. |
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Rgds |
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Peter. |
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Linux Counter 5290, Aug 93 |
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