On Monday 05 September 2005 08:38 am, Mark Knecht wrote:
Hi,
Is it possible to put Windows XP an a second drive in a Linux box
and have Windows be happy?
1) I'm pretty sure that grub will have no problems with this, correct?
2) Will Windows be happy if it's the only OS on a non-boot
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 19:33:01 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
Even though it says [MBR] above it won't proceed without creating at
least one partition on drive 0. It appears I cannot install Windows XP
on a second drive without writing 30MB to the boot drive?
Don't you just hate the arrogance of a
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From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06 September 2005 08:59
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Windows on a second drive?
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 19:33:01 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
Even though it says [MBR] above
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:06:24 +0100, Michael Kintzios wrote:
This certainly seems the best solution. It saves Windows getting arsey
about drives or having to try to fool it with GRUB map commands. I'd
disconnect the Gentoo drive and install Windows, then replace
the Gentoo
drive as
-Original Message-
From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06 September 2005 12:23
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Windows on a second drive?
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:06:24 +0100, Michael Kintzios wrote:
This certainly seems the best
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 13:12:33 +0100, Michael Kintzios wrote:
You're right, at least as far as preparing the installation of WinXP
goes. After it gets installed I would rejumper it to a slave and put
the Gentoo drive as a master, assuming of course that Gentoo is the OS
used more often and its
On 9/6/05, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 13:12:33 +0100, Michael Kintzios wrote:
You're right, at least as far as preparing the installation of WinXP
goes. After it gets installed I would rejumper it to a slave and put
the Gentoo drive as a master, assuming of
Windows doesn't care where it's system files are installed (XP that is) except
that I remember it needs a partition on C to put it's boot stuff.like boot.ini.
From: Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/09/05 Mon AM 09:38:39 EDT
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user]
On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 06:38 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
Hi,
Is it possible to put Windows XP an a second drive in a Linux box
and have Windows be happy?
1) I'm pretty sure that grub will have no problems with this, correct?
2) Will Windows be happy if it's the only OS on a non-boot
Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 06:38 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
Hi,
Is it possible to put Windows XP an a second drive in a Linux box
and have Windows be happy?
Should work.
1) I'm pretty sure that grub will have no problems with this, correct?
Not really since Windows XP will quite likely
Thanks Brett.
I did think that Windows cared where it's boot loader was and that it
had to be the first partition on the drive. Is that not true?
Thanks again,
Mark
On 9/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Windows doesn't care where it's system files are installed (XP that is)
On Monday September 5 2005 8:50 am, Mark Knecht wrote:
Thanks Brett.
I did think that Windows cared where it's boot loader was and that it
had to be the first partition on the drive. Is that not true?
Windows bootloader needs to be on the first nfs/vfat partition on the boot
drive and that
On Monday 05 September 2005 13:50, Mark Knecht wrote:
I did think that Windows cared where it's boot loader was and that it
had to be the first partition on the drive. Is that not true?
I have the same impression but I've never tried to install wormOS on a second
hard disk. Either way, if you
On 9/5/05, Heinz Sporn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 06:38 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
Hi,
Is it possible to put Windows XP an a second drive in a Linux box
and have Windows be happy?
Should work.
1) I'm pretty sure that grub will have no problems with this,
Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 06:50 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
Thanks Brett.
I did think that Windows cared where it's boot loader was and that it
had to be the first partition on the drive. Is that not true?
You don't have to confuse a bootloader with Windows loader modules like
NTLDR or stuff
Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 07:17 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
On 9/5/05, Heinz Sporn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 06:38 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
Hi,
Is it possible to put Windows XP an a second drive in a Linux box
and have Windows be happy?
Should work.
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 07:17:37 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
grub and Gentoo are on /dev/hda
Windows will go on /dev/hdc or /dev/hde
I do not want windows to write anything on /dev/hda
It will, because MS assumes you'll be using the windows bootloader.
I know the no one here can truly guarantee
.
Way back when with Win98 and before they had to have the loaders on the C:
drive to keep them happy.
From: Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/09/05 Mon AM 09:50:29 EDT
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Windows on a second drive?
Thanks Brett.
I did
On 9/5/05, Heinz Sporn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 07:17 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
On 9/5/05, Heinz Sporn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 06:38 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
Hi,
Is it possible to put Windows XP an a second drive in a Linux
Quoting Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 9/5/05, Heinz Sporn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 07:17 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
On 9/5/05, Heinz Sporn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 06:38 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
Hi,
Is it possible
On 9/5/05, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 07:17:37 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
grub and Gentoo are on /dev/hda
Windows will go on /dev/hdc or /dev/hde
I do not want windows to write anything on /dev/hda
It will, because MS assumes you'll be using the windows
On 9/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
to grub.conf so it became:
title=Windows XP
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1
saved, rebooted, selected Windows and it started up. Once you know what to do,
it's quite easy, it's the
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