Jan Claeys wrote: > Op donderdag 26-04-2007 om 14:26 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Y P: >> - One last example to argumentate about this: if you got 2 hds, under >> W$ hda/sda = C: and hdb/sdb = D: > > That's wrong: by default the boot partition is always C:, even if it > would be, say, '/dev/sdg' in linux, other disks are named using a scheme > that's often very confusing and might even change. >
Sorry to go off topic on this list. You are confusing Windows NT/200x/XP boot and system partition. The system partition (ntldr, boot.ini, ntdetect.com) must be the active primary partition (*). The boot partition (with the winnt or windows folder) can be anything else (but is usually the same in a single-boot), even a dynamic volume. paul (*) unless bootmanagers load another mbr -- blog http://cobbaut.blogspot.com CV http://www.cobbaut.be/cobbaut.php?blad=cv asiel http://www.dierenasieltienen.be -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
