Re: Re: etch + xp
Hi Pierre,
On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 17:15 +0200, Gargi wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> 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 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 let me define the
> >> HD from which the system boots. Now the bios is configured to boot from
> >> hdc, where etch (and grub) resides: hdc-hdd. Due that during the install
> >> of xp the system re-boots several times from the HD, I wonder if I can
> >> install xp on hdd simply inverting the boot sequence: hdd-hdc, and,
> >> after the installation of xp, inverting the sequence again: hdc-hdd, in
> >> order to boot with grub.
> >>
> >> If it is possible, I guess I still need to tell grub that there is
> >> another OS in the system. How can I do that?
> >>
> >
> > I thought that windows was a megalomaniac and would only work from the
> > first hard drive of the first controller (hda).
> >
> > Don't know for sure since I haven't used Windows since 3.1.
> >
> > Doug.
>
> Nope. XP will boot from another partition too. hda1 or sda1 is not a option
> for it. But it will install its own bootmanager into the mbr. So save your
> mbr first with dd (BEFORE you install XP!!!!). You can put the etch
> bootimage onto your hard disk and call it by the XP bootloader by setting a
> line to the XP boot.ini (save it on a usb-stick e.g. to transfer it after
> the XP is installed).
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 to make the system
boot from the second disk, where XP is being installed, making XP ignore
the disk where etch is installed.
> If you have a SATA disc:
> dd if=/dev/sda of=/home/[your username]/etch.lin bs=512 count=1
>
Both disk are ATA, not SATA. The line is the same in this case?
> Insert this line into your xp boot.ini (if XP uses the partition as C:\ ):
>
> c:\etch.lin="Debian Etch"
>
> That gives you a new bootoption in your XP bootloader. From there you can
> start Etch again and repair the grub bootloader if you want to stick to
> grub.
Thank you!
Marcelo
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Marcelo Chiapparini
chiappa@oi.com.br
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