Re: etch + xp

2007-10-17 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 05:10 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > > 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 te

Re: etch + xp

2007-10-02 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 05:10 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > > 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 te

Re: etch + xp

2007-10-01 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2007.10.02 05:10, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > The safest way to do this: > > Disconnect your disk with linux (hdc) > > Install windows as you normally would on your other hard disk (hdd). The > windows installer will write its boot loader onto the master boot record of > hdd. > > After win

Re: etch + xp

2007-10-01 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: 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

Re: etch + xp

2007-10-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Hi! 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

Re: Re: etch + xp

2007-09-30 Thread Henrique G. Abreu
if you lose your MBR, I think the easiest way to recover it is booting from debian cd in rescue mode type "rescue" before installation starts then go to console, mount your hd, chroot to it and re-install grub $ mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt # I'm guessing that it's hdc1 where root ( / ) is. $ cd /mnt $ chr

Re: Re: etch + xp

2007-09-30 Thread Gargi
Hi Pierre, > 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 t

Re: Re: etch + xp

2007-09-30 Thread Owen Heisler
On Sun, 2007.09.30 13:14, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > 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.

Re: Re: etch + xp

2007-09-30 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi Pierre, On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 17:15 +0200, Gargi wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 4:42 PM > Subject: [?? Probable Spam] Re: etch + xp > > > > On Sun

Re: Re: etch + xp

2007-09-30 Thread Gargi
- Original Message - From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 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

Re: etch + xp

2007-09-30 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
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