On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 11:30 +0200, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On 08/20/2010 10:34 AM, Svante Signell wrote: > > Installing a new grub version gives the following output: > > Setting up grub-pc (1.98+20100804-3) ... > > Installing new version of config > > file /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub ... > > Installing new version of config > > file /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub ... > > grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition > > (hd1,msdos3,msdos1). > > ... > > Found Windows NT/2000/XP on /dev/sda1 > > ... > > /usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition > > (hd1,msdos3,msdos1). > > Found Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition on /dev/sda2 > > /usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition > > (hd1,msdos3,msdos1). > > ... > > > > > > It's only a warning and if you're not supposed to have subpartitions at > all then you can just ignore them
What do you mean with subpartitions? I assume that /dev/sda1 is msdos1 (vfat) and /dev/sda2 is msdos3 (ntfs) and the warning says that they are overlapping? The first partition /dev/sda1 is not of large interest, it is the backup part of Windows at /dev/sda2. I don't need sda1 as I don't plan to restore the original installation but sda2 is important. Anyway, it is very annoying to get this message every tim grub-pc is updated! > > When booting and checking the partitions: > > dosfsck 3.0.9, 31 Jan 2010, FAT32, LFN > > There are differences between boot sector and its backup. > > Differences: (offset:original/backup) > > 65:00/01 > > Not automatically fixing this. > > /dev/sda1: 9309 files, 802467/945032 clusters > > done. > > > > > man dosfsck Yes as written below this would be the solution. But do I need to rewrite the mbr, an if so I have forgotten how to do that, install-mbr or something else related to grub without destroying anything? > > /etc/fstab entries: > > # /dev/sda1 /winrescue vfat defaults,noauto 0 2 > > UUID=693D-1E3B /winrescue vfat defaults,noauto 0 2 > > # /dev/sda2 /winxp ntfs defaults,noauto,user,umask=0022 0 2 > > UUID=F0FC6717FC66D77E /winxp ntfs defaults,noauto,user,umask=0022 0 2 > > > > The backup offset problem could be solved by: > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/utterly-fascinating-boot-sector-problem-differences-offset-original-backup-40214/ > > umount /dev/sda1 > > fsck.vfat -ar /dev/sda1 > > and then re-write the mbr (how to do that??) > > > > Appreciate any help you can give. It would be nice to solve these > > problems without needing to scrap the whole Windows partitions. I cannot > > reinstall, since reinstalling Windows would erase all GNU/Linux stuff I > > have installed on other partitions on that fisk (and this is the most > > important!) > > > > As I'm not subscribed, please Cc: me then replying. > > Thanks, > > Svante Signell > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
