You might wanna check the date on your PC. The sent date on that email was April 16
-Tim On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 13:44, Shannon Roddy wrote: > To my understanding grub is supposed to be a more robust boot manager, > however I have not figured out how to modify any of the settings in > grub. I have been extremely successful in modifying, adding, removing > boot configurations to lilo however. It is much easier to use lilo with > windows partitions in my opinion. 'Course that is probably because of > my ignorance..... > > Shannon > > On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 12:51, John Hebert wrote: > > I've installed RedHat 7.2 with Grub as the boot loader > > on a Sony Vaio laptop with M$ Windows XP on it > > originally and had no problems. Make sure that during > > the installation that it recognizes that Windows XP is > > a boot menu option. > > > > When I blew away my RedHat 7.2 install and replaced it > > with Gentoo booting using Grub, I _did_ wipe out my NT > > boot loader. I was able to repair it with > > http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm and now use a > > Grub boot disk to boot into Gentoo. Gonna figure out > > how to fix that one day... :) > > > > But before you do anything, make a WinXP Repair Disk. > > WinXP is basically the same as WinNT as far as booting > > goes. Read the following to find out how to multi-boot > > WinNT and Linux: > > > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Multiboot-with-LILO.html > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Multiboot-with-GRUB.html > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html > > > > But in your specific case, I'll bet it will work just > > fine. You can always use the WinXP Repair Disk to > > repair your NT boot loader. I think. If that doesn't > > work, try: http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm > > > > Good luck! > > > > John Hebert > > > > --- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Did you install the 80GB (I assume not MB)? Do you > > > have the CD for XP? > > > If you did the above, you should have no trouble. > > > The problem is when you > > > purchase a computer with the XP CD in a hidden > > > partition. I have heard that > > > Linux install will wipe out the hidden partition. > > > Comments anyone? > > > Larry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Bart G. Denys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 6:50 PM > > > Subject: [brlug-general] Dual boot Windows XP and > > > Red Hat 7.3 > > > > > > > > > > I have 1G PIII with 80 MB HD: > > > > > > > > Partition 1 (FAT32) 20MB : windows XP > > > > Partition 2 (FAT32) 20MB > > > > Free and unformatted/unpartitioned 40 MB > > > > > > > > The install correctly identifies the extended > > > partition of 40 MB and makes > > > > it hda5. Additional boot/root/swap partitions are > > > suggested. > > > > > > > > I have a choice of installing GRUB in the MBR > > > (hda1) or at the beginning > > > of > > > > the linux boot partition. > > > > > > > > Question: > > > > 1. Can I install in the MBR (hda1) without > > > "screwing up" XP? > > > > 2. If I can not and install at the linux boot > > > sector, how do I get to it? > > > > > > > > I have seen several references to Win2000 and am > > > not sure if that applies > > > to > > > > XP. > > > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > > > Bart > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > > http://launch.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
