MrC wrote:
> I gave this some more thought, and it occured to me that the linux-based
> gpartd is unlikely to resolve the XP problem, in that it probably uses
> the same code and/or partition header files used by the rest of the
> system. I'm just guessing here. It would be interesting to hear of
> your findings.
...finally grabbed the drive in question and figured it out.
Very simple, very stupid.
When I formatted the drive originally, it looks like I
forgot(?) to partition it. I didn't realize it, but mksys.vfat
will apparently gladly format ol' /dev/sda without a partition.
Linux and OSX will then read the drive, but XP needs partition
info.
Once partitioned (30 seconds with fdisk) and reformatted, I was
all set.
Thanks for the help. Perhaps this will help some other external
drive user.
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