Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Load NTLDR from GRUB?

[Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon@decoulon.ch>]

On Sunday 28 October 2007, Beso wrote:
> > I've already told you that this is not true. IT DOES NOT WORK on the
> > second
> > primary partition. This is a known problem with grub.
>
> i've had it work with grub on the second primary partition.
> i used to have a first partition for windows, then a second for linux and
> then the exted ones. after some system fixing i finished to have the / on
> hda1, xp on hda2 and the other linux parts. now i'm fully happy to be with
> /boot to hda1, / on hda2, swap /hda3 and the other parts on lvm2 after
> removing winzoz. i had only needed a functioning wireless driver, but since
> i wasn't able to get one in more than one year, in the end i finished
> getting another wireless device.
> anyway, on my system having windows on hda2 or even on extended didn't
> bothered grub.

I'd say the second partition is only a problem if the first is "seen" by 
Winblow - that is if it has any filesystem readable by it.

Thierry

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