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 1RPAwY-0007MZ-4w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:36:14 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6A3CE21C0B1; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:36:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D7BA21C02F for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:35:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (yooden.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3F0E780145 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:35:10 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:35:04 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Binary install distro Message-ID: <20111112103504.63bcf9bd@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4EBDE283.20802@gmail.com> References: <4EBC1707.5030103@gmail.com> <4EBD3738.9090203@gmail.com> <4EBDB26A.5080800@gmail.com> <20111112004057.07ded451@digimed.co.uk> <4EBDE283.20802@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10cvs82 (GTK+ 2.24.7; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/+.Ran=RSbW3LKMypXpq0Lfw"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 713d8067-68b8-4b91-b0f6-aaf3ce249151 X-Archives-Hash: 36b683677adedaf580cfe994568fdd92 --Sig_/+.Ran=RSbW3LKMypXpq0Lfw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:05:39 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> Is there a way after the install to add a Windoze OS to grub and all? > >> I unplugged the windoze drive to make sure it didn't mess that up OR > >> I mess up something. So, grub, or some bootloader, is installed on > >> the wrong drive in this case. =20 > > Plug the drive back in and run grub2-mkconfig. It will generate a new > > menu with a Windows option. No manual editing needed. > Oh nooooooooo. It can't be that easy. O_O I'm going to screw=20 > something up you watch. lol > Oh, how do I boot it the first time tho? When I plug the windoze drive=20 > up, there won't be a grub. Yet anyway. Hmmmmm. Of course there is, as long as the BIOS is set to boot from the Linux disc, GRUB is there and waiting to boot Linux. Run grub2-mkconfig to generate a new config for the existing GRUB, with Windows included. --=20 Neil Bothwick CONGRSS.SYS corruptd... Re-boot Washington D.C? (Y/N) --Sig_/+.Ran=RSbW3LKMypXpq0Lfw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk6+S9wACgkQum4al0N1GQMobQCcD7IbHltrzMzIHrl/uBAvAiOO Mz4AoNbZs+rRkwlsxVu+mj51LOL+viij =S3wQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/+.Ran=RSbW3LKMypXpq0Lfw--