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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next prev 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
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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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