Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:23:51 -0600, Dale wrote: If grub gets hosed, you can boot a Win 98 CD or a boot floppy and run fdisk /mbr on it. I recently took a hard drive of mine out of a friends computer that was dual booting and that was what I did. Now windoze XP boots up like Linux was never

RE: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-25 Thread Michael Kintzios
-Original Message- From: Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 January 2006 06:24 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup If grub gets hosed, you can boot a Win 98 CD or a boot floppy and run fdisk /mbr on it. I recently took

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-25 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:23:51 -0600, Dale wrote: If grub gets hosed, you can boot a Win 98 CD or a boot floppy and run fdisk /mbr on it. I recently took a hard drive of mine out of a friends computer that was dual booting and that was what I did. Now windoze XP boots up

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-24 Thread Alfredo Perez
I have seen so many howtos about dual booting windows and Linux. You can even create a boot floppy or install a program call GAG. I think is also possible GRUB will boot Windows as well. You should do a search on Google "dual boot win and linux" Let me know if you need more details, I could send

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-24 Thread Heinz Sporn
Am Dienstag, den 24.01.2006, 16:17 +0930 schrieb Iain Buchanan: On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 22:05 -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote: Iain Buchanan wrote: massive snippage 1. use the windows to chain-boot linux (possible, but I don't know what for :) even more massive snippage Sorry, this

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-24 Thread ellotheth rimmwen
On 1/24/06, Ryan Tandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, this isn't possible - I should know, I've tried in the past. Wasted too much time on it, too. Windows can only multi-boot with other Windows. And if you've managed to get it to do otherwise, please tell me how! I did it on my first

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-24 Thread ellotheth rimmwen
On 1/23/06, Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would anyone recommend which is the best method for setup, start with Gentoo or Windows? Definitely start with Windows, it makes life so much easier later. I usually partition the drive in two using the XP setup utility (which is pathetic, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-24 Thread Dave Jones
It's best to install Windows first, as it always overwrites the master boot record, which destroys a Grub or Lilo setup. Grub is perfectly capable of booting Windows by 'chain loading' to the Windows loader. Booting linux from the Windows loader is a lot more complex. I'd recommend having a

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-24 Thread Ryan Tandy
*/Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote: Aha, the old I've tried it and it didn't work for me so it's not possible trick ;) *shifty eyes* maybe... but I know other people who have also tried it and failed, and I have yet to see a written account of it happening. So - guilty until

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-24 Thread Bryce Verdier
Ryan Tandy wrote: */Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote: Aha, the old I've tried it and it didn't work for me so it's not possible trick ;) *shifty eyes* maybe... but I know other people who have also tried it and failed, and I have yet to see a written account of it happening.

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-24 Thread Dale
Bryce Verdier wrote: I can say that back int the redhat 6.3 days, i was able to get redhat to boot from the NT4 loader. And i could have sworn that there was a HOWTO on the LDP, but i can't find it now. So at least 5 or 6 years ago it could have been done. But with such nice bootloaders as

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-23 Thread John Jolet
On Jan 23, 2006, at 9:06 PM, Sean wrote: I have a laptop I want to setup to boot either Gentoo or Windows. Looking around I am trying to find recommendations as to which is better to install first, Gentoo or Windows. From what I found, either often gets a recommendation. Would anyone

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 22:06 -0500, Sean wrote: I have a laptop I want to setup to boot either Gentoo or Windows. [snip] Would anyone recommend which is the best method for setup, start with Gentoo or Windows? it doesn't matter, IMHO, so long as you know that windows will overwrite your grub

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-23 Thread Ryan Tandy
Iain Buchanan wrote: massive snippage 1. use the windows to chain-boot linux (possible, but I don't know what for :) even more massive snippage Sorry, this isn't possible - I should know, I've tried in the past. Wasted too much time on it, too. Windows can only multi-boot with other

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup

2006-01-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 22:05 -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote: Iain Buchanan wrote: massive snippage 1. use the windows to chain-boot linux (possible, but I don't know what for :) even more massive snippage Sorry, this isn't possible - I should know, I've tried in the past. Wasted too much