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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Windows on a second drive?
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 16:21:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050905162126.5b27aa79@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b05090507176248f356@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 07:17:37 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:

> grub and Gentoo are on /dev/hda
> Windows will go on /dev/hdc or /dev/hde
> 
> I do not want windows to write anything on /dev/hda

It will, because MS assumes you'll be using the windows bootloader.

> I know the no one here can truly guarantee what Windows will do but
> there's little point in me doing this work if it's known to overwrite
> my main drive..

It won't overwrite the drive, just the part of the MBR containing the
bootloader code. You'll just need to run grub from a live CD and do

root (hd0,X)
setup (hd0)

to restore it.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-09-05 15:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-05 13:38 [gentoo-user] Windows on a second drive? Mark Knecht
2005-09-05 13:49 ` Heinz Sporn
2005-09-05 14:17   ` Mark Knecht
2005-09-05 14:47     ` Heinz Sporn
2005-09-05 21:51       ` Mark Knecht
2005-09-06  2:24         ` agl
2005-09-06  2:56           ` Mark Knecht
2005-09-05 15:21     ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2005-09-06  2:33       ` Mark Knecht
2005-09-06  7:58         ` Neil Bothwick
2005-09-06 10:06           ` Michael Kintzios
2005-09-06 11:22             ` Neil Bothwick
2005-09-06 12:12               ` Michael Kintzios
2005-09-06 13:32                 ` Neil Bothwick
2005-09-06 14:05                   ` Mark Knecht
2005-09-05 13:51 ` LostSon
2005-09-08 10:18 ` Chris Cox
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-09-05 13:42 brettholcomb
2005-09-05 13:50 ` Mark Knecht
2005-09-05 14:11   ` Joe Menola
2005-09-05 14:37   ` Heinz Sporn
2005-09-05 17:17   ` Alex

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