On 07/25/2015 06:09 AM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > Unfortunately, I must start over. After successfully installing linux, > I proceeded to install windows. The result was an unbootable system > "invalid partition table" (thank you windows installer). I rebooted the > linux installation disk and re-executed the grub2-install. I also > entered fdisk and wrote out the result. Still unbootable. Now I > remember why I always install windows (which is basically pushing a > button) before installing linux. Next time I will run wipefs.
I've installed Windows on a machine that had linux already multiple times, and while I've had to reinstall grub I've never had problems with the partition table like you mention. Is Windows writing a hybrid partition table? Maybe use something like parted to check. Dan
