Re: windows XP NTFS\redhat 7.2

[Mario Klebsch]

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On Thursday, 15. November 2001 04:55, Derrik Pates wrote:

> That's not the issue with NTFS OS booting - GRUB can chainload
> Windows NT 4 and 2000 without a problem, but I'm not 100% sure that
> it will work with XP (I've heard it does weird partition stuff, plus
> the fact that it may not be happy about having the MBR changed, it
> may have _yet another_ signature byte that it demands not be
> changed). With chainloading, you don't actually have to understand
> the FS, just start executing the contents of the first block. (Which
> is what the "classic" DOS MBR does anyway.)

I have installed XP on a box with NT4, W98 and linux. Unfornunately, I
forgot to disable the W98 partition when starting the installation. XP
installed fine and put its boot loader into the Win98 partition,
offering a menu to eiter stayrt XP or W98. :-(

I tried hard to transfer all XP boot fiels to the Xp partition, but I
did not manage to get the XP partition to boot without W98 being
active. I am sure, it would have worked, if I had disabled all other
partitions prior to installing it.

73, Mario
P.S. does anybody have an idea, how to get rid of the Xp booter on the
W98 partition?
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