Good info!!!!! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Edward Croft > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 12:48 PM > To: Red Hat List > Subject: RE: I can't boot Windows XP with Grub loader. > > On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 13:37, Otto Haliburton wrote: > > You are saying here that if it was the C:\ drive(confusing). I think > that > > win98, winME etc. aren't able to configure with any drive letter other > than > > c, but winNT and win2k can. I don't know that winXP can so I hope that > what > > you are saying is true. > > > Let me clarify. When I first had this box, it was a Win98 box that was > upgraded to a Win2k box. When I decided that I wanted Linux on the > system, rather than try to fiddle more room out of the current drive, I > used a spare hard drive I had. I installed that as the primary and the > Windows drive as the slave. Then in grub.conf, I used the map command so > that Windows would still think it was the C: drive. Another option was > to edit the c:\boot.ini file on Win2k and make changes to the drive and > partition info, but this was much easier. I also had set aside a small > partition on the slave for FAT. This way, I can mount the FAT drive from > either the Linux side or the Win2k side. This allows for moving files > between the systems since Linux can't write to an NTFS mounted > filesystem. (Supposedly, you can make changes in the kernel to allow for > NTFS mounts read-only, but why bother if you can't write.) > > My second system was a little easier as it was a fresh system that I > built. I bought a large hard drive and split the drive between the > systems and installed XP first. Since they are both on the same drive, > no issues with the mapping. > > Just a little helpful hint, from your Uncle Ed! > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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