Re: Multi-boot: Making windows partitions bootable?

2009-11-23 Thread Daniel B. Thurman
Daniel B. Thurman wrote: I have been able to make a multiboot windows disk, no problems, but I am trying to make a windows backup onto another drive and make it bootable. Perhaps this is related to the 32bit (137GB) boundary problem? On a different system, I have a successful multiboot drive

Re: Multi-boot: Making windows partitions bootable?

2009-11-23 Thread Tony Nelson
On 09-11-23 12:35:00, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: ... I know this is a Fedora site and I am a diehard Fedora user, but I also have a multiboot system... apologies to the purists. Is it possible to backup and restore Xp/Vista to a different drive/partition in the case of imminent drive

Re: Multi-boot: Making windows partitions bootable?

2009-11-23 Thread Daniel B. Thurman
Tony Nelson wrote: On 09-11-23 12:35:00, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: ... I know this is a Fedora site and I am a diehard Fedora user, but I also have a multiboot system... apologies to the purists. Is it possible to backup and restore Xp/Vista to a different drive/partition in the case of

Re: Multi-boot: Making windows partitions bootable?

2009-11-23 Thread Tony Nelson
On 09-11-23 16:53:48, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: ... How exactly did you use `dd'? ... dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb Use the appropriate (unmounted) devices, of course. -- TonyN.:'

Re: Multi-boot: Making windows partitions bootable?

2009-11-21 Thread Daniel B. Thurman
Daniel B. Thurman wrote: I have been able to make a multiboot windows disk, no problems, but I am trying to make a windows backup onto another drive and make it bootable. Perhaps this is related to the 32bit (137GB) boundary problem? On a different system, I have a successful multiboot drive

Re: Multi-boot: Making windows partitions bootable?

2009-11-21 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 12:29 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: Daniel B. Thurman wrote: I have been able to make a multiboot windows disk, no problems, but I am trying to make a windows backup onto another drive and make it bootable. Perhaps this is related to the 32bit (137GB) boundary