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

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Mathieu Seigneurin <mseigneurin@tiscali.fr> posted
200710281300.58224.mseigneurin@tiscali.fr, excerpted below, on  Sun, 28
Oct 2007 13:00:58 +0100:

> I believe the partition number is not really important, as long as: -
> the partition is set as bootable (grub might be able to do that
> automagically)

Agreed.  (Set as bootable means one of the first four partitions, since 
that's the number that fits in the MBR.  At least the MS boot loader and 
related files must therefore be on one of those, tho the main system can 
be elsewhere.)

> - all the win boot files reside fully inside the first 1024 cylinders of
> the drive (so preferably: the partition itself should start and end in
> those first 1024 cyls.)

I know that used to be the case with W9x, but does eXPrivacy still have 
the 1024 cylinder limitation?  If so, that's surprising.  I'd have 
thought that would have changed with eXPrivacy at least.  

The 1024 limitation, if it still exists, might explain why it's reported 
working for some, but not others, however.  <shrug>

> or something to that effect.

=8^)

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