From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GEwdY-0006ie-2C for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:23:24 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7KNKxdX027562; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:20:59 GMT Received: from linda-3.paradise.net.nz (bm-3a.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.182]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7KNIwrr024669 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:18:59 GMT Received: from smtp-1.paradise.net.nz (tclsnelb1-src-1.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.172]) by linda-3.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id <0J4B00CYZKRK0Z@linda-3.paradise.net.nz> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:18:57 +1200 (NZST) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (218-101-28-33.dsl.clear.net.nz [218.101.28.33]) by smtp-1.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B047FB8BA2 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:18:56 +1200 (NZST) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:18:40 +1200 From: Mark Kirkwood Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Very OT - Need help removing NTLDR In-reply-to: <1156113056.17281.40.camel@camille.espersunited.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <44E8EDD0.9000609@paradise.net.nz> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060704) References: <1156113056.17281.40.camel@camille.espersunited.com> X-Archives-Salt: 353968e5-bfb5-45b8-9b95-4ad5daa8d5c3 X-Archives-Hash: 28db8029a50eac516b764562e0e8ebf4 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list