On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:51:30 +0100, Mick wrote > On Tuesday 10 July 2007 10:09, pat wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:17:50 +0100, Mick wrote > > > > > On Wednesday 04 July 2007 08:51, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > Hello pat, > > > > > > > > > Problem is that when there're any non dos/windows partitions the boot > > > > > from recovery partition failed. So, I need to set recovery partition > > > > > bootable and remove all other partitions including /boot with GRUB > > > > > configuration - and when the /boot is removed then there's not > > > > > possible to use GRUB, because of the grub.conf, and that's why I need > > > > > to set recovery partition bootable without GRUB. > > > > > > > > Set the partition to be bootable in cfdisk, before removing the Linux > > > > partitions. > > > > > > fdisk, cfdisk, etc. will all set the bootable flag. The question is > > > why do you need to remove a)grub, b)the /boot partition? Is your > > > Windows recovery partition script expecting Windows to be the first > > > partition on the disk and you have moved it since installation? > > > > > > Perhaps next time you'll use partimage with Gentoo to create a back > > > up image of your Windows partition and so you will be able to > > > restore it within 40 minutes or so, depending on the speed of your > > > machine. > > > > Well, the recovery process requires whole disk space and "clear" MBR. Yes, > > right now I've 'dd'ed fresh windows installation and next reinstall should > > be really fast - expect 15 minutes instead of the whole day ;-) > > > > Some information what I've used to remove GRUB from MBR. In windows (don't > > beat me) there are tools 'fixmbr' and 'fixboot' and Ive used them. > > > > Probably last question: When I've tried to set the recovery partition > > 'active' in fdisk, the system still boots from the GRUB and not from the > > 'active' partition ... I think I've did it wrong, did I? > > fixmbr will replace GRUB's boot code in the mbr with ntldr's (WinXP) > . fixboot will replace the partition boot sector code with WinXP's. > You'll need to run the former on the drive and the latter on the > partition in which the WinXP installation existed. Not sure if you > would need to run fixboot on your recovery partition, but I don't > know how your 'recovery partition' works. Does it contain a > complete image of your WinXP partition? Usually, the conventional > WinXP recovery partition only contains certain libs & configuration > files, not a complete installation.
This one contains full WinXP install ... :-\ > > > Thanks to all for help. > > You're welcome. > -- > Regards, > Mick -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
