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On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:40, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> OK, the target machine is now rebuilt. I decided since I had to |
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> rebuild both WinXP and Gentoo that I'd just put them on the same hard |
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> drive. The Gentoo install is complete right up to the point where I |
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> run grub and write it somewhere and I want to make sure I understand |
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> the right way to do this. |
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> The disk layout is like this |
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> (MBR) - Win XP |
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> /dev/hda1 - Win XP |
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> /dev/hda2 - extended partition |
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> /dev/hda5 - /boot |
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> /dev/hda6 - swap |
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> /dev/hda7 - / |
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> /dev/hda8 - /home |
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> Now, my question, where do I write grub? I believe it's into the |
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> MBR and not into partition 1, correct? If so I'd use: |
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> grub |
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> grub> root (hd0,4) |
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> grub> setup (hd0) (Install GRUB in the MBR) |
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> grub> quit |
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Youve got the right idea, but hd0,4 is the logical holder for your linux |
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partitions, not the boot partition that holds the grub files. So root is |
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your /boot partition, ie hd0,5. |
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All this information can be found in your info files for grub, and by using |
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your method, section 3.2 (Installing Grub Natively) |
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Breaking up Microsoft isn't enough. What the court needs to do is start |
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breaking kneecaps. |
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-- The BSD Daemon, when asked by Humorix for his reaction |
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to the proposed Microsoft two-way split |
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