-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 29 May 2003 15:42:11 -0400 (EDT), Net Llama! wrote:
>On Thu, 29 May 2003, Federico Voges wrote: >> The hd is a 80gb (Western Digital), so I partitioned like this: >> 30GB Linux (XFS( >> 2GB swap >> 30GB Win2k (NTFS) >> Rest of the disk: Scratch partition (currently: another gentoo >> instalation - XFS) (extended partition) >> >> The partitions where phisically ordered that way. >> Win2k didn't like it. I wouldn't boot after the first reboot during >> install. >> >> I ended up using the first 30GB partition for win2k and the second one >> for Linux. No problem at all. >> >> So, try to place your win2k partition near the "start" of the disk. > >crap. which bootloader were you using for win2k? I'm wondering if win2k >is effected by the 1024 cylinder problem? i really didn't want to have to >start reordering partitions in addition to reloading Linux. > At that stage, the windows loader (remember that I coulnd even install it). After I got everything running I installed GRUB on the MBR and added Win2k to the boot menu (chainload +1, etc, etc). And yes, my guess is that Win2k has some problems booting from beyond cyl 1024... Bye! Federico Voges Socio gerente Intrasoft Malabia 2137 14 A (1425) Buenos Aires Argentina Te/Fax: 54-11-4833-5182 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.intrasoft.com.ar -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP SDK 3.0 iQA/AwUBPtZpRhRcJRaVKt4XEQKHFwCgxI06H1D/aR3a+Wl0bKSwaDGhy7AAoK/v z6tcs+HjnMKTmq/dPuWiH+M0 =3C+C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
