On 08/20/2010 10:34 AM, Svante Signell wrote: > Installing a new grub version gives the following output: > Setting up grub-pc (1.98+20100804-3) ... > Installing new version of config > file /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub ... > Installing new version of config > file /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub ... > grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition > (hd1,msdos3,msdos1). > ... > Found Windows NT/2000/XP on /dev/sda1 > ... > /usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition > (hd1,msdos3,msdos1). > Found Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition on /dev/sda2 > /usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition > (hd1,msdos3,msdos1). > ... > > It's only a warning and if you're not supposed to have subpartitions at all then you can just ignore them > When booting and checking the partitions: > dosfsck 3.0.9, 31 Jan 2010, FAT32, LFN > There are differences between boot sector and its backup. > Differences: (offset:original/backup) > 65:00/01 > Not automatically fixing this. > /dev/sda1: 9309 files, 802467/945032 clusters > done. > > man dosfsck > /etc/fstab entries: > # /dev/sda1 /winrescue vfat defaults,noauto 0 2 > UUID=693D-1E3B /winrescue vfat defaults,noauto 0 2 > # /dev/sda2 /winxp ntfs defaults,noauto,user,umask=0022 0 2 > UUID=F0FC6717FC66D77E /winxp ntfs defaults,noauto,user,umask=0022 0 2 > > The backup offset problem could be solved by: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/utterly-fascinating-boot-sector-problem-differences-offset-original-backup-40214/ > umount /dev/sda1 > fsck.vfat -ar /dev/sda1 > and then re-write the mbr (how to do that??) > > Appreciate any help you can give. It would be nice to solve these > problems without needing to scrap the whole Windows partitions. I cannot > reinstall, since reinstalling Windows would erase all GNU/Linux stuff I > have installed on other partitions on that fisk (and this is the most > important!) > > As I'm not subscribed, please Cc: me then replying. > Thanks, > Svante Signell > > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-grub-devel mailing list > Pkg-grub-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grub-devel > > -- Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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