----- Original message ----- > I have a dual boot Windows XP / Lenny Toshiba Qosmio G25 laptop. I have > it setup for dual boot with XP on one hard drive and Linux on the other. > I wanted to upgrade to Squeeze. I ran an Aptitude upgrade by changing > Lenny to Squeeze in the /etc/apt/source.list file and then running the > usual update sequence. Everything worked except Postgresql 8.4 refused > to configure. After reading the bug reports I concluded that this is a > serious bug that isn't going away soon. So I burned a Squeeze Network > Installation Disk (6.1 beta) and attempted to install the new system > that way. The Squeeze disk didn't recognize the windows system and > trashed my boot files. I finally did a fresh installation using my old > Lenny Network Installation Disk. This corrected all of the problems but > leaves me back where I started. > > Can anyone tell me how I can do this upgrade safely and effectively. > > Gary R. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/4ce2dd83.2040...@verizon.net >
Hello Gary, restoring the ability to boot to Win from GRUB2 shouldnt be a problem. After having installed Squeeze, make sure os-prober is installed. #su #apt-get install os-prober Afterwards by running #su #update-grub you ought see a line identifying your Win partition. I hope that'll help Simon
