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 1ONMe9-0001EA-Cx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:05:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A41FE08DF for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:04:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36138E0914 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:05:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb35 with SMTP id 35so1696615wyb.40 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:05:45 -0700 (PDT) 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=bou58yW4V6KuxILdCT2whbTKqlb2g/Z5R6UguiGP+sA=; b=jVmXLJrFnUl0q9SXxFHDtZ9j7KBuIps9erWCnrs9b5y2Jyxai9wkXZZsW7l/ShXyIV 169N7sknOYuX1MUSto8YempftFqHlk7BOJ5WafeJ7L8yjPyi/k8OLvM934HrgIw/zsHo 5376GLk8tIXiyKtCqh83hcG1pFHXuNePADNnk= 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=h2jO4cszeFsJI7Jzp89b1ihbqAFPE+u9n0KB35U6fX1ZvT1ZKnsR95pZ+nBWIKiJew mZEc04psBBgKvF3srceNdQWreL449fcfV88JwaLjRAafCYy5qaKnPwIgVn2RYmFbdLwo 0+BT7v2rj9AG3J1bbzF9+4+/KY4iCdLGnq8RI= Received: by 10.227.127.131 with SMTP id g3mr2905442wbs.129.1276329945642; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:05:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t15sm16388975wbc.11.2010.06.12.01.05.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:05:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dual booting windows 7, extended partitions, and the mbr Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:05:43 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (Linux/2.6.33-gentoo-r2; KDE/4.3.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <20100608105214.22fecd44@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: 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="nextPart2536122.DcfIELIjQE"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201006120905.44270.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 0ddb6a05-1c46-496f-865b-7ebbbdf3dc4c X-Archives-Hash: e59b5e0859a3151604ad3e4c85db86ac --nextPart2536122.DcfIELIjQE Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday 08 June 2010 12:47:37 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > At Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:52:14 +0100 Neil Bothwick wro= te: > > On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:10:06 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> I am now ready to install linux (and grub). > >> Can I have all of linux on extended partitions? Something like > >> > >> 4. Extended > >> 5. linux / (a logical partition inside the extended partition) > >> 6. linux swap (another logical partition) > >> 7. linux lvm2 partition (another logical partition) > >> 8. linux small vfat partition (logical) > >> > >> I am mainly concerned about #5. Googling reveals that you can boot > >> from a logical partition but the authors seem to recommend against > >> it (without saying why in detail). > > > > Yes. My Linux only computers have no primary partitions, everything is = on > > logical partitions and has worked that way for many years without a > > single issue. >=20 > Thank you. That is just the endorsement I needed to go ahead. The first partition has FreeDOS I think and a couple of recovery tools. The second partition *should* have a backup of the MSWindows OS _and_ the b= oot=20 files. If you less about with it you will probably find that your MSWindow= s=20 OS does not boot anymore. The third partition should have the MSWindows OS. A quick check for finding a file called BCD and perhaps BCD_backup will sho= w=20 you which is the boot partition. If you are still under warranty you may want to install GRUB in your Linux= =20 /boot partition not in the MBR and then copy an image of the boot partition= =20 record from the Linux /boot partition to a file in your MSWindows OS=20 partition. I have detailed how to chainload Linux from MSWindows in this=20 thread: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/226452/focus=3D226560 HTH. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2536122.DcfIELIjQE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkwTP9gACgkQVTDTR3kpaLarWwCePv66hub7XvpbHfiWYhDkxpP5 rdAAoL4jZ7rtRUtbITMn7Bxz4eimGp9U =0LiP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2536122.DcfIELIjQE--