On 10/09/2007 05:33 AM, Robert Lewis wrote: > On 10/8/07, Chris Worley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 10/8/07, Robert Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>> /dev/sda1 * 1 5105 41005881 7 HPFS/NTFS >>> /dev/sda2 12652 14462 14546857+ 1c Hidden W95 FAT32 >>> (LBA) >>> /dev/sda3 14463 14593 1052257+ d7 Unknown >>> /dev/sda4 5106 12651 60613245 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) >>> /dev/sda5 5106 5367 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris >>> /dev/sda6 5368 7978 20972826 83 Linux >>> /dev/sda7 7979 12651 37535841 83 Linux >>> >> ... and you're saying none of those partitions are the NT partition >> you're looking for? >> >> Does "cat /proc/partitions" show any other devices that partition might be >> on? >> > > > This laptop came with two paritions related to XP. > sda1 is NTFS as you can see. > That is XP. I believe you have XP media center. > sda2 I think is some weird special partition that has a mini os on > it so that one can play a DVD without actually booting XP and > utilizes the remote control that came with the machine. > That is the media center boot option, or boot button. It boots a media center to watch movies. sda3 is the data portion used by media center. It is a raw disk. > I think sda4 has the actual XP on it. > That is an extended partition, which contain the logical drives that has your linux on them. So sda1 IS your XP partition.
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