Dual boot XP/pro and linux (lindows)

[Joel Hammer]

Thanks for the additional insight. However, I did post an easier solution
using the map-drive parameter in lilo.conf.

Joel

On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 05:01:21PM -0500, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
> Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
> > Joel Hammer wrote:
> > 
> >> I suspect this may have to do with the fact that windows doesn't like 
> >> being
> >> on the third (ID2) hard drive, especially since when I installed XP on 
> >> this
> >> drive it was IDE0. 
> 
> There's another idea that rushed into my mind during a nice walk with my 
> dog:
> The boot.ini file from your XP install now is in /dev/hdc0, isn't it, 
> after you have moved the drive? And probably there is a line in it like
>    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)\WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect
> pointing to the first partition on ide0 (and probably a similar line 
> starting with 'default').
> Now your Windows XP is in ide2, but boot.ini still points to ide0. So, 
> if you can mount /dev/hdc1 in read/write (it's not ntfs?), change the 
> occurance(s) of rdisc(0) to rdisc(2).
> If you can't mount hdc1 r/w, perhaps you can change the boot.ini with a 
> rescue console starting from your XP installation CD.
> Klaus
> 
> 
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