here it is :-) http://lwn.net/Articles/86835/ good luck!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Saif Attar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jad Madi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jordan Linux User Group Mailing list" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [JoLUG-General] Problem Booting Windows Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 14:21:56 +0200 > > Thanks Jad, but this was not the link I was looking for, Windows > exists in my grub menu, it's just that when i choose it, it gives > my some commands, and then it hangs, I have had this problem > before, it is caused by a problem in the 2.6 kernel, when using > more than 1 OS, linux somehow changes the layout of the partition > tables, or let's say the pointers, and then when windows tries to > access the mbr which was moved, it can't find it, and it hangs, the > solution to this problem was using a command like: > > sfdisk -d /dev/hda | sfdisk --no-reread -H255 /deb/hda > > this will get the current layout of the disk with heads and > cylinders and where each partition starts, and save it to overwrite > the current saved ( messed up partition table) no the problem is, > in order for this to work, there should be no warnings in the > output of the first command, but i get some warnings, so what I > should do is, take the ouput of the first command, save it to a > file, remove all warning, and set that file as the input for the > 2nd command! > > If ur saying, well, if u know all this what don't u do it, it's > because i can't figure out which parts are necessary in the file, i > keep getting bad input message! I tried to find the site with the > solution, but there no use! > > Thanks Again, > Saif A. > > > Jad Madi wrote: > > > http://www.ubuntuguide.org/#addwindowsentrygrubmenu > > > > > > On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 19:48:34 +0200, Saif Attar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> hello every1, > >> > >> I am have a problem booting windows after installing ubuntu, it's a > >> kernel 2.6 bug, Aram once gave me a very good link on how to fix this, > >> and I lost it, can you please send it again?! > >> > >> Peace, > >> Saif A. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> General mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org /dev/aram -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org
