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On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:17:50 +0100, Mick wrote |
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> On Wednesday 04 July 2007 08:51, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > Hello pat, |
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> > > Problem is that when there're any non dos/windows partitions the boot |
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> > > from recovery partition failed. So, I need to set recovery partition |
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> > > bootable and remove all other partitions including /boot with GRUB |
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> > > configuration - and when the /boot is removed then there's not possible |
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> > > to use GRUB, because of the grub.conf, and that's why I need to set |
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> > > recovery partition bootable without GRUB. |
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> > Set the partition to be bootable in cfdisk, before removing the Linux |
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> > partitions. |
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> fdisk, cfdisk, etc. will all set the bootable flag. The question is |
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> why do you need to remove a)grub, b)the /boot partition? Is your |
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> Windows recovery partition script expecting Windows to be the first |
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> partition on the disk and you have moved it since installation? |
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> Perhaps next time you'll use partimage with Gentoo to create a back |
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> up image of your Windows partition and so you will be able to |
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> restore it within 40 minutes or so, depending on the speed of your machine. |
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Well, the recovery process requires whole disk space and "clear" MBR. Yes, |
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right now I've 'dd'ed fresh windows installation and next reinstall should be |
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really fast - expect 15 minutes instead of the whole day ;-) |
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Some information what I've used to remove GRUB from MBR. In windows (don't |
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beat me) there are tools 'fixmbr' and 'fixboot' and Ive used them. |
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Probably last question: When I've tried to set the recovery partition 'active' |
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in fdisk, the system still boots from the GRUB and not from the 'active' |
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partition ... I think I've did it wrong, did I? |
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Thanks to all for help. |
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Pat |
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