[gentoo-amd64] Re: Amoeba file system

[andrew <jandrewlong@gmail.com>]

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Peter Hoff wrote:
> It might actually be a Windows issue rather than a grub issue. Historically Windows has been really picky about being on /dev/hda1. I've heard rumors that newer versions are less picky about it, but then again I recall hearing rumors that you never needed to defrag ntfs, so...
> 
> I'd probably repartition and reinstall (maybe using disk images to minimize the pain). I also recall seeing somewhere bootloader settings that would trick Windows into thinking it was on /dev/hda1, but I can't recall where. It may have been back in the lilo days. tldp.org is never a bad place to look.
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Peter Humphrey <prh@gotadsl.co.uk>
> To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
> Sent: Monday, April 9, 2007 7:14:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Amoeba file system
> 
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> On Monday 09 April 2007 14:49:18 Wil Reichert wrote:
> 
>> Going to guess here that your XP install isn't on the first partition
>> of the drive its on?  Seem to recall problems with that and grub
>> before.
> 
> It's on /dev/hda3.
> 
> So anyway, that's why I stick with Boot Magic.
> 

It's been a while since I had Windows on a secondary partition, but when
I did (it was Windows 98) I think I needed to use GRUB's makeactive
command to make windows think it was on the first partition.

Andrew Long

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