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Albert Hopkins <marduk <at> gentoo.org> writes: |
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> 1. Boot with a live cd (or better yet RIPLinux on a USB stick). |
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RIP Linux looks very cool. No experience with this but, hey I'm going to |
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try and use this... |
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I'm not sure if Vista versus XP make any difference. In a recent post |
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on this list about grub one reader posted about the fact that with |
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Vista the boot.ini file is gone. I'm not sure that this effects your |
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proposed method? |
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> 2. Back up MBR, parition table, and partitions to DVD, network or |
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> external drive. |
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> 3. Use ntfsresize to shrink the XP partition, make sure it still |
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> boots. |
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Hmmm, I must have missed something. In step one you said to boot via |
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a liveCD or RIP linux. Now in step 3 you say to use ntfsresize. Is it |
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available on the liveCD (I never used it during an install)? |
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A few more details on this step would be useful. |
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> 4. Use the space left over from ntfsresize to create |
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> partition(s)/install Gentoo. |
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OK, at this point I'm still using the liveCD or does RIP linux |
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have tools for access into fdisk or such? (No experience with RIPLinux) |
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> 5. Install GRUB on the MBR. |
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> Worked for me. YMMV. I could have also removed the "utility" partition |
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> to get more space, since I do have a backup. But I left it on there as |
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> I don't really need the space. |
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If I thought that vista would not use something in the hidden partition |
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that would effect the linux partitions (such as Vista thinking those |
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linux partitions are corrupt and need conditioning or reformatting) then |
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I might be inclined to leave the hidden Vista restoration partition. But |
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it could not be used (could it) as it would just restore the original |
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factory partitioning scheme......? |
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Not so sure about this... |
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James |
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