On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:23:51 -0600, Dale wrote:
If grub gets hosed, you can boot a Win 98 CD or a boot floppy and run
fdisk /mbr on it. I recently took a hard drive of mine out of a friends
computer that was dual booting and that was what I did. Now windoze XP
boots up like Linux was never
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From: Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 25 January 2006 06:24
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup
If grub gets hosed, you can boot a Win 98 CD or a boot floppy and run
fdisk /mbr on it. I recently took
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:23:51 -0600, Dale wrote:
If grub gets hosed, you can boot a Win 98 CD or a boot floppy and run
fdisk /mbr on it. I recently took a hard drive of mine out of a friends
computer that was dual booting and that was what I did. Now windoze XP
boots up
I have seen so many howtos about dual booting windows and Linux. You can even create a boot floppy or install a program call GAG. I think is also possible GRUB will boot Windows as well. You should do a search on Google "dual boot win and linux" Let me know if you need more details, I could send
Am Dienstag, den 24.01.2006, 16:17 +0930 schrieb Iain Buchanan:
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 22:05 -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote:
Iain Buchanan wrote:
massive snippage
1. use the windows to chain-boot linux (possible, but I don't know what
for :)
even more massive snippage
Sorry, this
On 1/24/06, Ryan Tandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry, this isn't possible - I should know, I've tried in the past.
Wasted too much time on it, too. Windows can only multi-boot with other
Windows. And if you've managed to get it to do otherwise, please tell
me how!
I did it on my first
On 1/23/06, Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Would anyone recommend which is the best method for setup, start with
Gentoo or Windows?
Definitely start with Windows, it makes life so much easier later. I
usually partition the drive in two using the XP setup utility (which
is pathetic, but
It's best to install Windows first, as it always overwrites the master
boot record, which destroys a Grub or Lilo setup.
Grub is perfectly capable of booting Windows by 'chain loading' to the
Windows loader. Booting linux from the Windows loader is a lot more complex.
I'd recommend having a
*/Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote:
Aha, the old I've tried it and it didn't work for me so it's not
possible trick ;)
*shifty eyes* maybe... but I know other people who have also tried it
and failed, and I have yet to see a written account of it happening. So
- guilty until
Ryan Tandy wrote:
*/Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote:
Aha, the old I've tried it and it didn't work for me so it's not
possible trick ;)
*shifty eyes* maybe... but I know other people who have also tried it
and failed, and I have yet to see a written account of it happening.
Bryce Verdier wrote:
I can say that back int the redhat 6.3 days, i was able to get redhat
to boot from the NT4 loader. And i could have sworn that there was a
HOWTO on the LDP, but i can't find it now.
So at least 5 or 6 years ago it could have been done. But with such
nice bootloaders as
On Jan 23, 2006, at 9:06 PM, Sean wrote:
I have a laptop I want to setup to boot either Gentoo or Windows.
Looking around I am trying to find recommendations as to which is
better to install first, Gentoo or Windows. From what I found,
either often gets a recommendation.
Would anyone
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 22:06 -0500, Sean wrote:
I have a laptop I want to setup to boot either Gentoo or Windows.
[snip]
Would anyone recommend which is the best method for setup, start with
Gentoo or Windows?
it doesn't matter, IMHO, so long as you know that windows will overwrite
your grub
Iain Buchanan wrote:
massive snippage
1. use the windows to chain-boot linux (possible, but I don't know what
for :)
even more massive snippage
Sorry, this isn't possible - I should know, I've tried in the past.
Wasted too much time on it, too. Windows can only multi-boot with other
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 22:05 -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote:
Iain Buchanan wrote:
massive snippage
1. use the windows to chain-boot linux (possible, but I don't know what
for :)
even more massive snippage
Sorry, this isn't possible - I should know, I've tried in the past.
Wasted too much
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