> -Original Message-
> From: Mark Knecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 07 September 2005 20:12
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub over the top of Win XP
[snip]
>As for the comment above about BIOS order, I think that's co
As posted on /. recently,
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 12:12:21PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Beyond that I don't pretend to know anything.
>
> The one thing that always confuses me is the difference between
> placing grub in the MBR and placing it in a partition. It is my
> understanding that the MB
On 9/7/05, Heinz Sporn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 07.09.2005, 10:25 +0200 schrieb Christoph Gysin:
> > Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > > Correct, and /dev/hda5 is (hd0,4) despite all the conflicting advice
> > > you've been given. All my boxes have /boot on hda5 and all use hd0,4
> > >
Am Mittwoch, den 07.09.2005, 10:25 +0200 schrieb Christoph Gysin:
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > Correct, and /dev/hda5 is (hd0,4) despite all the conflicting advice
> > you've been given. All my boxes have /boot on hda5 and all use hd0,4
> > (well, except the iBook which uses that horrible yaboot thi
Neil Bothwick wrote:
Correct, and /dev/hda5 is (hd0,4) despite all the conflicting advice
you've been given. All my boxes have /boot on hda5 and all use hd0,4
(well, except the iBook which uses that horrible yaboot thing, anyone
who wants to start a grub vs. lilo flame war should be made to use
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 09:23:50 +0200, Heinz Sporn wrote:
> >The disk layout is like this
> >
> > (MBR) - Win XP
> > /dev/hda1 - Win XP
> > /dev/hda2 - extended partition
> > /dev/hda5 - /boot
> > /dev/hda6 - swap
> > /dev/hda7 - /
> > /dev/hda8 - /home
> >
> >Now, my question, where do I w
Christoph Gysin wrote:
(hd0,4) would be your / partition. But grub expects the partition
containing the grub installation files, which are located on /boot so it
should be (hd0,2)
stupid me, of course it should be (hd0,1) as mentioned in my other post.
If you're confused now, go with Heinz's
Am Dienstag, den 06.09.2005, 21:40 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht:
> Hi,
>OK, the target machine is now rebuilt. I decided since I had to
> rebuild both WinXP and Gentoo that I'd just put them on the same hard
> drive. The Gentoo install is complete right up to the point where I
> run grub and writ
Mark Knecht wrote:
The disk layout is like this
(MBR) - Win XP
/dev/hda1 - Win XP
/dev/hda2 - extended partition
/dev/hda5 - /boot
/dev/hda6 - swap
/dev/hda7 - /
/dev/hda8 - /home
Now, my question, where do I write grub? I believe it's into the
MBR and not into partition 1, correct? If so
Glenn Enright wrote:
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:40, Mark Knecht wrote:
The disk layout is like this
(MBR) - Win XP
/dev/hda1 - Win XP
/dev/hda2 - extended partition
/dev/hda5 - /boot
/dev/hda6 - swap
/dev/hda7 - /
/dev/hda8 - /home
grub> root (hd0,4)
grub> setup (hd0) (Install GRUB in
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:40, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
>OK, the target machine is now rebuilt. I decided since I had to
> rebuild both WinXP and Gentoo that I'd just put them on the same hard
> drive. The Gentoo install is complete right up to the point where I
> run grub and write it somewhere an
Hi,
OK, the target machine is now rebuilt. I decided since I had to
rebuild both WinXP and Gentoo that I'd just put them on the same hard
drive. The Gentoo install is complete right up to the point where I
run grub and write it somewhere and I want to make sure I understand
the right way to do t
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