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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:09:07 +0200 |
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"pat" <pat@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Some information what I've used to remove GRUB from MBR. In windows |
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> (don't beat me) there are tools 'fixmbr' and 'fixboot' and Ive used |
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> them. |
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You could try 'fdisk /mbr' from windows command line. That should |
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replace your MBR with one which simply passess boot process off to |
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the active partition, which is -- i believe -- how windows does it. |
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But, read on. |
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> Probably last question: When I've tried to set the recovery partition |
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> 'active' in fdisk, the system still boots from the GRUB and not from |
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> the 'active' partition ... I think I've did it wrong, did I? |
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The boot process from a hard drive looks something like |
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Power button -> BIOS -> mbr boot -> partition boot -> OS init. |
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chances are that GRUB is on the mbr so the recovery partition's boot |
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record is never used. Have you considered using GRUB to boot the |
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partition like you would a windows partition? that would look |
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something like |
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| # boot this partition's boot record |
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| rootnoverify (hd0,2) # corresponds to 1st hard drive ,3rd partition. |
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| # set to your recovery partition instead. |
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| makeactive |
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| chainloader +1 |
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that, I think, will do about the same thing as 'fdisk /mbr' from |
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windoze but avoids the hosing of GRUB, which is actually a wonderfully |
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flexible and useful bootloader compared to the 'active partition' |
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scheme of windoze. |
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