-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pierre Meurisse wrote: > Hi ! > > I just bought an eeepc 1000H, 160Go with Windows XP. > > Partitions, obtained with a debian live-helper usb drive : > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda > > Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x515dee3b > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 10445 83899431 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda2 10446 19452 72348727+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda3 19453 19457 40162+ ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > > I shrinked the sda2 and created an sda4 extended and then : > > Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x515dee3b > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 1825 14659281 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda2 10446 11082 5116702+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda3 19453 19457 40162+ ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32) > /dev/sda4 11083 19452 67232025 5 Extended > /dev/sda5 11083 11205 987966 82 Linux swap / Solaris > /dev/sda6 11206 11328 987966 83 Linux > /dev/sda7 11329 19452 65255998+ 83 Linux > > Partition table entries are not in disk order > > > > sda6 is for /, and sda7 is lvm with /usr, /var, /home. > > I then installed the system with the debian installer from > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ > > It worked all right ; I had just to pick rt2860-source from > http://eeepc.debian.net/ for wifi. > > I installed grub on sda6 ; boot from c:\boot.ini of XP > > > Then I booted my debian-live usb stick again and tried to shrink sda1 with > ntfs-resize. I don't think I made any mistake ; I already made this several > times on other machines. But now, XP won't start. > > Several questions: > > - Is it possible to make XP start again somehow with that shrinked partition ? You could try the fixntloader or fixmbr commands from an XP disk (i think thats what they are called) > - If not, I would erase XP ; can I install grub in the MBR without danger ? Yes > - I have a DVD for system restauration, but no external usb DVD drive ; is it > possible to copy the DVD onto a usb disk and boot from that disk ? Anyone ever > tried the DVD ? Not sure, you might want to try the eeeuser forum/wiki > > Thanks for your great job for debian on eeepc. >
Cheers Glenn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkjm9v4ACgkQV8GyuTwyskNnEgCbBZ3xpJZprwSioeSBXdpITUDf ZSYAniZLtkNifzUbggwkmXN3xOj5TZSf =OSIZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
