Hmm, which live cd has grub installed as a command? I cannot seem to find it on the gparted live CD.
Helge 2010/4/12 Tim Eberhardt <tim.eberha...@tu-bs.de> > Hello Helge! > > First you should flag the NTFS partition as bootable. Next try to reinstall > grub to the mbr using the grub shell. > e.g.: > > # grub --no-floppy > grub> root (hd0,0) > grub> setup (hd0) > grub> quit > > If grub is starting correctly and you get an error after selecting your > linux > to boot, there is something wrong with your menu.lst. > > Best regards > Tim > > > Am Sonntag 11 April 2010 22:23:29 schrieb Helge Fredriksen: > > Hello! > > > > I have this project where i want to create a dual boot system between > > Windows and Linux where a script using parted creates partitions for > this. > > Furthermore, I have a template installation where I copy the Linux > > partition including grub with dd to a file. This file I want to copy into > > the target installation, again using dd. > > > > I have tried making a partition after the windows NTFS partition with > > parted (also tried manually using fdisk) and then copying the partition > > image into this partition with dd if="image-file" of=/dev/sda2, but this > > do not work! I get "Unable to boot operating system" on that bootable > > partition. > > > > Any ideas on what I do wrong? > > > > Here's the output from parted -s /dev/sda u s p free > > > > Model: ATA Hitachi HTS72108 (scsi) > > Disk /dev/sda: 156301488s > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > > Partition Table: msdos > > > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > > 1 63s 8610839s 8610777s primary ntfs > > 2 8610840s 156296384s 147685545s primary ext3 boot > > > > > > Here's > > Regards, > > Helge Fredriksen > > > > _______________________________________________ > bug-parted mailing list > bug-parted@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted >
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