From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Nndlt-0002rO-W8 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:05:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3934AE0F09; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:04:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f211.google.com (mail-bw0-f211.google.com [209.85.218.211]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6670E0F10 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:04:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz3 with SMTP id 3so674394bwz.29 for ; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:04:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=0P71xhg3uOEXz0cPi5sZ89/5ycP844PAgYiNmLBgJYw=; b=YGHwY7c3kdPpbZuUVV/9eErNcG0cIkTdpkvlr7suCUrr29JoD7D25CEYKcq7rTyoya x8tjXocZYBIHTlydWrElnyUqDpr7IxBMv/TmLVHwAylZf2LZAMAxq2higmewFBBdgxzO 0nutAJaBmSN7Vi97ZNPT8b2rp6D+vu+LZu+OM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=GbcfQc6nUYY654K4du9N1SXJImbq/oZ3QvU7g/Uh7PzbxdlLumLauaDP6vk71aq5Ui 9OK1o3G+kVnyvlwRtfyVuXp1kao8wwaMLRjJn6ExYjtLCbiN/70ILItCMUxkd3p+Zyz/ tLWqWgrQlDvDBrIJiQY/zHKLg/P3PJB2YPDUc= Received: by 10.204.134.6 with SMTP id h6mr553789bkt.160.1267819456092; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:04:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from lappy.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm2433970bkr.0.2010.03.05.12.04.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:04:13 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual booting Dell with Windows 7 Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:03:33 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (Linux/2.6.31-gentoo-r10; KDE/4.3.5; i686; ; ) References: <201002131509.50360.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <358eca8f1003020631ta2b88e6p8af38f851030c27d@mail.gmail.com> <201003022331.16997.peter.ruskin@dsl.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <201003022331.16997.peter.ruskin@dsl.pipex.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2403289.hx6b0ng7kB"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201003052004.11412.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: abb9e9d5-6ef8-46c8-9ec1-a5d835077077 X-Archives-Hash: 61533e673de64292c5bdfb125b598acd --nextPart2403289.hx6b0ng7kB Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday 02 March 2010 23:31:16 Peter Ruskin wrote: > Thanks for your help, Mick. =20 You're welcome. Sorry it took me some time to get to it: > Here's the bcdedit /v before I started: > C:\Windows\System32\bcdedit /v >C:\bcdedit-orig.txt It may be better to use the /export function to back up the BCD file. > Windows Boot Loader > ------------------- [snip ...] >=20 > Resume from Hibernate > --------------------- [snip ...] > Windows Memory Tester > --------------------- [snip ...] I can't see in there your MSWindows Boot Manager entry. This BCD will not = be=20 able to boot MSWindows natively, or chainload Linux from it ... you'll need= to=20 repair it with your Vista CD as I suggested in the previous message. > And here it is after I followed your procedure: > C:\Windows\System32\bcdedit /v >C:\bcdedit.txt >=20 > Windows Boot Manager > -------------------- > identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795} > displayorder {150a4189-2608-11df-b94d-00248cc04424} > timeout 10 I suspect that's not enough to load the boot manager. Compare it to my ent= ry: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Windows Boot Manager =2D------------------- identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795} device partition=3D\Device\HarddiskVolume2 path \bootmgr description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e} default {fda5ebf3-119b-11df-969c-f924691e8117} resumeobject {5744906c-0bf4-11df-8e08-0026b920b49c} displayorder {fda5ebf3-119b-11df-969c-f924691e8117} {fda5ebf6-119b-11df-969c-f924691e8117} toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d} timeout 3 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Real-mode Boot Sector > --------------------- > identifier {150a4189-2608-11df-b94d-00248cc04424} > device boot > path C:\linux.bin > description Gentoo Linux > locale en-US That's good, but I suspect it won't work because your Boot Manager entry is= =20 not correct. =20 > After reboot it reverts to the original - just as well, because the > Windows Boot Manager looks suspect to me. Yes, it looks dodgy to me too. If it reverts to the original then that mea= ns=20 that you are not actually editing the BCD file that is being used for booti= ng. =20 I suspect that what's happening here is that Acronis OSS has taken over the= =20 MBR and the boot files (I think it saves them in a BOOTWIZ folder or someth= ing=20 similar). So the BCD file you are editing is not the one Acronis is using.= =20 My method implies that you have restored your Vista to its original state a= s=20 far as MBR and MSWindows boot files are concerned. So, for it to work you= =20 will need to uninstal Acronis OSS I'm afraid and repair the start up files = as=20 I described in my previous email. Alternatively, you may want to try using bcdedit to edit the correct BCD fi= le, =20 *but* I am not sure that Acronis will allow you to do that (it probably=20 altered the access rights to it, that's why a reboot shows up the original= =20 file). =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2403289.hx6b0ng7kB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkuRY7sACgkQVTDTR3kpaLZjTQCgvX18QEGKJ5wpusKDOSIGU8Sg ErkAnA3anLXiOJJ8EkTQ2ugmbux4rm0v =laJz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2403289.hx6b0ng7kB--