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you just have to rerun grub setup. |
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On 10/30/06, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> Usually when installing a portable, I leeave the windows and resize the disk |
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> space to set up gentoo as the second OS with grub...... |
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> On one portable, The windows XP was a pain so I nuked it and got gentoo |
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> working first. Now I need to install XP on the portable, but do not |
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> wish XP to rewrite he MBR or any other such nefarious acts against the |
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> gentoo partitions. |
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> Any suggestions as to best methods are most appreciated. Heres the part info: |
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> /dev/hda2 /boot reiserfs defaults 1 2 |
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> /dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0 |
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> /dev/hda6 / reiserfs defaults 0 1 |
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> /dev/hda7 /usr/local reiserfs defaults 0 1 |
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> hda1 is reserved for XP |
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> Here's the portion of grub.conf already set up for gentoo & XP: |
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> title= Linux 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 |
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> root(hd0,1) |
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> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hda6 |
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> title=Possible Windows P1 |
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> rootnoverify (hd0,0) |
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> makeactive |
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> chainloader +1 |
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> So I thinking after installing XP in the first partition, |
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> all I have to do is execute/copy something to set up |
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> the MBR so it sees grub.conf again, whilst XP is booted |
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> up? |
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> suggestions? |
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> James |
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> I thinking I just need to copy this |
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An application asked: |
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"Requires Windows 9x, NT4 or better", |
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so I´ve installed Linux |
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