-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Peter Hoff wrote: > It might actually be a Windows issue rather than a grub issue. Historically > Windows has been really picky about being on /dev/hda1. I've heard rumors > that newer versions are less picky about it, but then again I recall hearing > rumors that you never needed to defrag ntfs, so... > > I'd probably repartition and reinstall (maybe using disk images to minimize > the pain). I also recall seeing somewhere bootloader settings that would > trick Windows into thinking it was on /dev/hda1, but I can't recall where. It > may have been back in the lilo days. tldp.org is never a bad place to look. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Peter Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 9, 2007 7:14:45 AM > Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Amoeba file system > > > On Monday 09 April 2007 14:49:18 Wil Reichert wrote: > >> Going to guess here that your XP install isn't on the first partition >> of the drive its on? Seem to recall problems with that and grub >> before. > > It's on /dev/hda3. > > So anyway, that's why I stick with Boot Magic. >
It's been a while since I had Windows on a secondary partition, but when I did (it was Windows 98) I think I needed to use GRUB's makeactive command to make windows think it was on the first partition. Andrew Long -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGNmJOI+E/1v69CogRAqwKAJ9wB6kJIv6e6nwo9zro9GmXvu+ygQCeOfQY mOrlxE99glLscaq6ynUZnks= =9hFg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
