[gentoo-user] Good reference for installing windows *after* linux?

[gentoo-user] Good reference for installing windows *after* linux?

[Dave Nebinger]

I've been doing research about finding a way to install windows on my gentoo
box (don't flame me, I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't have to).

I've got a spiffy new 80gb drive which is available at /dev/hdb that I plan
on using as the windows drive.

Most of the dual boot guides suggest adding linux after windows; in my case
I have a working gentoo linux system in place that I don't want to sack, I'd
rather just add windows to the new drive.

Anyone out there have a good pointer for me?

Thanks!

Dave



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Re: [gentoo-user] Good reference for installing windows *after* linux?

[Ric Messier]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Dave Nebinger wrote:

>
> Anyone out there have a good pointer for me?
>

Install Windows on the second drive as if it were the first (unplug your 
primary drive).

Use grub to swap the location of the two drives before you boot Windows 
after it's installed and you have your drives reconnected as you want 
them. The word around here is that Windows needs to believe it's on the 
primary drive in order to work correctly. I happen to know that's not true 
because I've run Windows installs on secondary drives in the past. 
However, Windows will install the boot information to the MBR of the 
primary drive and the boot.ini file will need to accurately reflect where 
the OS is really stored. I suspect people just feel it's easier to use 
grub to swap the drives virtually rather than toy with a boot.ini file.

Ric

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Re: [gentoo-user] Good reference for installing windows *after* linux?

[Adam Holisky]

In the gentoo guide, you most likely installed the grub bootloader.  What you 
want to do is after installing XP, go back and reload grub onto the master 
boot rercord (MBR).  To do this, use the install disc that you used to setup 
your gentoo box.  The manual has the steps to put grub on the MBR - you don't 
need to re-emerge it.

When in the grub config file, you'll also have to add an entry for windows.  
My working config file is shown below, though i've removed a bunch of entries 
for different kernel versions I keep around..

You also want to be very very careful when formating your partions in the XP 
setup.. it's possible to make a mistake here, and coming from someone who 
just did that; it's not fun!

Good luck! - Adam

#/boot/grub/grub.conf
default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,3)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Inital Kernel (2.6.12-r4)
root (hd0,3)
kernel (hd0,3)/boot/initalKernel root=/dev/sda4

title=WindowsXP x64 SP 2
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1


On Monday 25 July 2005 10:21 am, Dave Nebinger wrote:
> I've been doing research about finding a way to install windows on my
> gentoo box (don't flame me, I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't have to).
>
> I've got a spiffy new 80gb drive which is available at /dev/hdb that I plan
> on using as the windows drive.
>
> Most of the dual boot guides suggest adding linux after windows; in my case
> I have a working gentoo linux system in place that I don't want to sack,
> I'd rather just add windows to the new drive.
>
> Anyone out there have a good pointer for me?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dave
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Re: [gentoo-user] Good reference for installing windows *after* linux?

[Chris Cox]

On Monday 25 July 2005 10:21 am, Dave Nebinger wrote:
> I've been doing research about finding a way to install windows on my
> gentoo box (don't flame me, I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't have to).
>
> I've got a spiffy new 80gb drive which is available at /dev/hdb that I plan
> on using as the windows drive.
>
> Most of the dual boot guides suggest adding linux after windows; in my case
> I have a working gentoo linux system in place that I don't want to sack,
> I'd rather just add windows to the new drive.
>
> Anyone out there have a good pointer for me?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dave

In the past I've had Windows on /dev/hdb1 and used grub to swap the two drives 
so Windows thinks it is still on the primary hard drive. I no longer have a 
use for Windows though.  So good luck with it.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Good reference for installing windows *after* linux?

[Chris Cox]

On Monday 25 July 2005 10:21 am, Dave Nebinger wrote:

> Most of the dual boot guides suggest adding linux after windows; in my case
> I have a working gentoo linux system in place that I don't want to sack,
> I'd rather just add windows to the new drive.
>
> Anyone out there have a good pointer for me?

Oh, by the way, a quick google search found:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Windows_after_Gentoo

I'm sure there are many other examples out there.

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