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funeagle
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| If you want to share a partition between linux and windows use a fat partition where both windows and linux can write to. |
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djvman
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this is about the IG2: How to install Gentoo in a Win XP/NT config, posted by plate.
| plate wrote: | Until Linux support for NTFS emerges from the experimental stage that is reportedly going to kill your disk before you can say "wobble", you will need to resize the disk before you boot the Gentoo installation CD. I used Partition Magic 7.0 for that, mainly because I couldn't find anything else that could do this for NTFS partitions:
1. Resize the C: drive
PM makes this very easy, just click on the resize button and let the wizard take over. All you need to decide upon is the size of the XP partition you want to keep, everything else is automatic. You need to reboot, and the PM script then neatly reslices your disk.
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well i have been testing SystemRescueCDROM distro, wich comes with qtparted, with this tool i have resize with no problem winXP installation with NTFS.
So maybe its time for make full testing and add it to the gentoo documentation, or maybe better, make a gentoo live cd with it. |
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aleron
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I've foobar'd this somehow. I reinstalled gentoo, and this time I used the grub method detailed by plate (with my partition information), but when I boot the gentoo option from the NT boot loader, I end up at a grub prompt. I don't see any warning messages, but I just have this grub prompt. What did this noob do wrong, or omit?
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I've managed to load the kernel and boot the system by issuing the right kernel command followed by boot. But surely I left this information out of grub when I set it up manually like plate detailed (vs. using a grub config file). How do I remedy this in a manual grub install?
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Naib
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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wow thread-necro
lets see yr grub-conf as well as the output of fdisk -l /dev/sda or whatever the node-name for the device you installed window/linux onto
Using NTLDR is a neat way to boot linux (I have todo it at work since IT say I can't mess with their install  )
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aleron
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:48 am Post subject: |
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For reference, my partitions (250gb sata drive):
| Code: | Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 24027 192996846 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 24028 24040 104422+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 24041 24527 3911827+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda4 24528 30401 47182905 83 Linux |
I have no grub conf file, I just did it manually like plate did in the FAQ. As far as what I did though..
| Code: | ~# grub --no-floppy
grub> root (hd0,1)
grub> setup (hd0,1)
grub> quit |
Then I dd'd just like he did, through it up on my ftp, then modified my boot.ini file appropriately. However, after I left the house earlier, it occurred to me that I was probably supposed to really do something like this with GRUB (please correct me if I'm wrong):
| Code: | ~# grub --no-floppy
grub> root (hd0,1)
grub> setup (hd0,1)
grub> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.20-r8
grub> boot
grub> quit |
Would that be correct? |
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jaford
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Hello! I'm new to gentoo/linux. I have a million questions. I have a MSvistas machine.
I used gentoo livecd. It didn't ask me to designate a partition. And, when I reboot, the option to
load gentoo instead of vista doesn't show in the boot options menu. Would someone lead me
out of the dark! JWF |
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