Re: [gentoo-user] dual boot: XP installed last?

["Allan Spagnol Comar" <allan.comar@gmail.com>]

you just have to rerun grub setup.

On 10/30/06, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Usually when installing a portable, I leeave the windows and resize the disk
> space to set up gentoo as the second OS with grub......
>
>
> On one portable, The windows XP was a pain so I nuked it and got gentoo
> working first.  Now I need to install XP on the portable, but do not
> wish XP to rewrite he MBR or any other such nefarious acts against the
> gentoo partitions.
>
> Any suggestions as to best methods are most appreciated. Heres the part info:
> /dev/hda2        /boot   reiserfs        defaults        1 2
> /dev/hda5        none    swap            sw              0 0
> /dev/hda6        /       reiserfs        defaults        0 1
> /dev/hda7     /usr/local reiserfs        defaults        0 1
>
>
> hda1 is reserved for XP
>
> Here's the portion of grub.conf already set up for gentoo & XP:
>
> title= Linux 2.6.17-gentoo-r8
> root(hd0,1)
> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hda6
>
> title=Possible Windows P1
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> So I thinking after installing XP in the first partition,
> all I have to do is execute/copy something to set up
> the MBR so it sees grub.conf again, whilst XP is booted
> up?
>
>
> suggestions?
>
> James
>
>
>
>
> I thinking I just need to copy this
>
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