On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 12:33:31PM -1000, yreb-qusw wrote: > On 07/01/2017 12:10 PM, Unman wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 10:05:36AM -1000, yreb-qusw wrote: > > > On 06/28/2017 04:03 PM, cooloutac wrote: > > > > so you would put hd0,X X= 1 2 or 3 etc... you said it was 200mb > > > > right so just look for something around that in kb's. probably the > > > > smallest partition it should say file type too no? ntfs. > > > > > > > > > > actualy this is from the qubes doc's not me > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Identify the Windows system partition that has /bootmgr > > > > > > In blkid output, the system partition is the one with LABEL=’SYSTEM > > > RESERVED’ or LABEL=’SYSTEM’ and is only about 100 to 200 MB in size > > > -- > > > > > > > > > ntldr (hd0,msdos2)/bootmgr ? > > > > > > or > > > > > > ntldr (hd0,2)/bootmgr ? > > > > > > > > > I would think it would be the 1st partitions when it comes to booting. > > > > > > > > > Is it possible my boot partition for win10 got overwritten when > > > installing Qubes somehow ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe I should give up , as by the slow/no responses, it seems there > > > is > > > no way to get support for this > > > > > > > As far as I can see a number of people have tried to help you here > > You should read the guidelines at www.qubes-os.org/mailing-lists and > > be patient. > > Also, a two minute search on the net would bring you to guides that > > would enable you to learn something about grub and maybe solve the problem > > for > > yourself. > > > > On the specific points: > > I doubt that your Win10 boot partition got overwritten , unless you > > asked the installer to do so. > > It is possible to run Windows without a SYSTEM partition, particularly if > > installed in BIOS mode - it is, however, not standard. > > fdisk -l shows you which partition has been marked as bootable - this > > need not be the partition you want. It need not be the first partition. > > Nothing will go wrong if you get the partition specification wrong - > > Windows wont boot and you will see an error message. > > From what you have said you have two options: msdos1 and msdos2. > > In grub partitions are numbered starting from 1, so these can be > > referenced as hd0,msdos1 and hd0,msdos2. > > Just create two entries, one for each partition, and try to boot: if > > the first fails, reboot and choose the second. > > > > Incidentally, its relatively simple to enable legacy boot on InsydeH20 - > > again, a simple search would show you how. > > Unless someone did this for you it's most likely that you are in UEFI > > mode. You can check this in Linux by looking at the output from dmesg, > > and looking for "efi" entries - 'dmesg|grep efi' > > Also,look in /sys/firmware for efi directory. If it's there then you > > booted UEFI. > > The partition layout you have described doesn't seem to be standard for > > Windows under UEFI. > > > > It isn't clear if you read the documentation before installing Qubes, or > > if you have a back up or cloned disk. If you didn't I would do it now > > before trying anything else. You can attach the NTFS partitions to a qube > > and copy the data off, or clone the whole partition. > > > > Good luck. > > > I appreciate your replies, I'm not a sysadmin, enabled legacy boot , i > only vaguely understand that that is requird for Qubes, anyway, i've got > qubes installed, it's just acting different than on my desktop version > is, > > I don't expect any replies, just hoping for more than 1 or 2 , hence I > asked about the IRC, but I'm guessing that isn't well attended also > > forgive me , for asking , it really isn't "a two minute" search it is that > Grub and such are complicated for non sysadmin people > > > just for the record, I would think Qubes might like to have normal non > sysadmin people able to use the OS, so my questions to the list, my serve > those people, > > The format of post and wait days or never for a reply may not be ideal > for anything complicated IMHO > > anyway, thanks for listening >
Actually, normal, non sysadmin people CAN use the OS for the most part - the installation process can be problematic and even seasoned users can find multiboot setups difficult. I would never recommend that - perhaps the "multiboot" page should carry that warning. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20170702002615.pkozu3vfrhmqfwlf%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
