Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 06:50 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
> Thanks Brett.
>
> I did think that Windows cared where it's boot loader was and that it
> had to be the first partition on the drive. Is that not true?
You don't have to confuse a bootloader with Windows loader modules like
NTLDR or stuff like that. If we're talking harddisk boot a booloader has
to sit on the first sector of the first track (= MBR, master boot
record) on the drive in question. When you boot a PC the last thing a
BIOS does is to read the MBR and execute the code that is supposed to be
a boot loader.
The bootloader then will actually load an OS from a specific partition.
BTW someone on the list wrote "Windows bootloader needs to be on the
first nfs/vfat partition on the boot drive and that partition must be
"active/bootable"."
That is not correct since even Windows bootloaders have to follow the
rules. A bootloader sits in the MBR. At boot time (that's when the BIOS
rules) there's no such thing like partitions.
>
> Thanks again,
> Mark
>
> On 9/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Windows doesn't care where it's system files are installed (XP that is)
> > except that I remember it needs a partition on C to put it's boot
> > stuff.like boot.ini.
> >
> > >
> > > From: Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Date: 2005/09/05 Mon AM 09:38:39 EDT
> > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > > Subject: [gentoo-user] Windows on a second drive?
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Is it possible to put Windows XP an a second drive in a Linux box
> > > and have Windows be happy?
> > >
> > > 1) I'm pretty sure that grub will have no problems with this, correct?
> > >
> > > 2) Will Windows be happy if it's the only OS on a non-boot drive?
> > >
> > > I've done lots of dual boot machines before but there were always
> > > Windows on the main drive and System Commander to get me to Linux. I
> > > don't want to use System Commander this time.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark
> > >
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