From: maxim wexler <blissfix@yahoo.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub won't boot SATA WinXP disk
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:22:51 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060423202251.59427.qmail@web31707.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <358eca8f0604221222j3512a0davf4393d78177c8e73@mail.gmail.com>
>
> > As I recall I completey destroyed the boot
> partition
> > on a brand new HD while fumbling with GRUB. But it
> was
> > still under warranty "Whew!"
>
> Using the fixmbr command from a WinXP installation
> CD would restore
> it.
Not this time! Even the diagnostic floppy from the
Maxtor site proved the drive was toast. Probably a
coinkydink; it's hard to imagine GRUB physically
damaging a drive. That's why I covered my butt by
saying "while fumbling" instead of "_by_ fumbling" :^D
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-22 15:21 [gentoo-user] Grub won't boot SATA WinXP disk mattr
2006-04-22 15:38 ` Allan Spagnol Comar
2006-04-22 16:22 ` Christopher E
2006-04-22 20:03 ` mattr
2006-04-22 18:23 ` maxim wexler
2006-04-22 19:22 ` Mick
2006-04-23 20:22 ` maxim wexler [this message]
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