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 4.43) id 1Dx54s-0004hn-U9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:41:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6PFcwmj030796; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:38:59 GMT Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net (sccrmhc14.comcast.net [204.127.202.59]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6PFWe8U011709 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:32:41 GMT Received: from trilogy.washere.com (c-67-173-227-227.hsd1.co.comcast.net[67.173.227.227]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with SMTP id <2005072515333901400k879ae>; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:33:39 +0000 Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:33:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Ric Messier To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Good reference for installing windows *after* linux? In-Reply-To: <00a101c5912c$89b73140$5f01010a@jnetlab.lcl> Message-ID: References: <00a101c5912c$89b73140$5f01010a@jnetlab.lcl> 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; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: 80d3cff5-0535-4149-a849-5a33b294aa41 X-Archives-Hash: 69ae3880b91a5f9ef6f3f86e5a470659 On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Dave Nebinger wrote: > > Anyone out there have a good pointer for me? > Install Windows on the second drive as if it were the first (unplug your primary drive). Use grub to swap the location of the two drives before you boot Windows after it's installed and you have your drives reconnected as you want them. The word around here is that Windows needs to believe it's on the primary drive in order to work correctly. I happen to know that's not true because I've run Windows installs on secondary drives in the past. However, Windows will install the boot information to the MBR of the primary drive and the boot.ini file will need to accurately reflect where the OS is really stored. I suspect people just feel it's easier to use grub to swap the drives virtually rather than toy with a boot.ini file. Ric -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list