Hi Pierre, On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 17:15 +0200, Gargi wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 4:42 PM > Subject: [?? Probable Spam] Re: etch + xp > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 09:41:48AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > >> > >> I am running etch in a machine with two HDs. Etch is running in the > >> master HD (hdc), the second HD (hdd), the slave, is empty. In the second > >> hd (hdd) I need to install windows xp. I wonder how to do that in order > >> to get a dual boot system, managed by grub. The bios let me define the > >> HD from which the system boots. Now the bios is configured to boot from > >> hdc, where etch (and grub) resides: hdc-hdd. Due that during the install > >> of xp the system re-boots several times from the HD, I wonder if I can > >> install xp on hdd simply inverting the boot sequence: hdd-hdc, and, > >> after the installation of xp, inverting the sequence again: hdc-hdd, in > >> order to boot with grub. > >> > >> If it is possible, I guess I still need to tell grub that there is > >> another OS in the system. How can I do that? > >> > > > > I thought that windows was a megalomaniac and would only work from the > > first hard drive of the first controller (hda). > > > > Don't know for sure since I haven't used Windows since 3.1. > > > > Doug. > > Nope. XP will boot from another partition too. hda1 or sda1 is not a option > for it. But it will install its own bootmanager into the mbr. So save your > mbr first with dd (BEFORE you install XP!!!!). You can put the etch > bootimage onto your hard disk and call it by the XP bootloader by setting a > line to the XP boot.ini (save it on a usb-stick e.g. to transfer it after > the XP is installed).
But I want to install XP in another disk, different from which etch is installed. So XP will install its own bootmanager into the mbr of this different disk. Am I wright? Remember that I can tell the bios from what disk the system boots. I gues I can use this in order to make the system boot from the second disk, where XP is being installed, making XP ignore the disk where etch is installed. > If you have a SATA disc: > dd if=/dev/sda of=/home/[your username]/etch.lin bs=512 count=1 > Both disk are ATA, not SATA. The line is the same in this case? > Insert this line into your xp boot.ini (if XP uses the partition as C:\ ): > > c:\etch.lin="Debian Etch" > > That gives you a new bootoption in your XP bootloader. From there you can > start Etch again and repair the grub bootloader if you want to stick to > grub. Thank you! Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
