From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Very OT - Need help removing NTLDR
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:18:40 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44E8EDD0.9000609@paradise.net.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1156113056.17281.40.camel@camille.espersunited.com>
Michael Sullivan wrote:
> Awhile back my wife asked me to add Windows 98 SE to the operating
> systems on her computer (Gentoo and WinXP) so that she could play old
> games that we couldn't get to work in Linux with wine. She attempted to
> boot into Windows XP today, but got an error message:
>
> NTLDR is missing
> Press any key to continue
>
> I've been doing research on NTLDR, and I've found lots of help in
> restoring NTLDR, but none whatsoever in simply removing it. Her
> computer uses grub as the boot loader. I know this isn't specifically a
> Gentoo question, and not even a Linux question, but she needs WinXP for
> school (she's starting in the Medical Lab Technician program tomorrow.
> All her homework is on the computer, and our school isn't enlightened
> enough to use Linux yet.) Can anyone help me?
>
Looking at:
http://www2.geek.com/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi?pg=prev&topic=24&page=33
It seems that installing 98 after XP causes problems due to 98's
bootloader being too stupid to dual boot. While *this* particular issue
should not apply to you - as you have grub, installing 98 may mean that
the drive numbers for XP in your grub configuration are now wrong. Some
experimentation with your grub setup will be needed I suspect. Hopefully
others can help with these (I use lilo).
Good luck
Mark
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-20 22:30 [gentoo-user] Very OT - Need help removing NTLDR Michael Sullivan
2006-08-20 23:18 ` Mark Kirkwood [this message]
2006-08-20 23:22 ` Jesús Guerrero
2006-08-21 2:50 ` [gentoo-user] Very OT - Need help removing NTLDR [SOLVED] Michael Sullivan
2006-08-21 21:48 ` [gentoo-user] " hawat.thufir
2006-08-21 7:25 ` [gentoo-user] Very OT - Need help removing NTLDR Alan Mckinnon
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