I'll try that, but I don't think it is going to work. My problem is not getting Vista to boot. It does that just fine. The problem is that when it goes to replace the bootloader with a new version, it checks first that the one in place is the right one. When it sees that it is not, it stops and reverts everything back to what it was before.
Arguably not overwriting the MBR is the correct behavior. But then to refuse to install the rest of the service pack seems a little extreme. I could see asking for confirmation or something, but no windows MBR, no SP1. James Cornell wrote: > http://www.clearchain.com/blog/posts/freebsd-windows-vista > > Same fix applies to (Open)Solaris. Run the "the fix that worked" 3 > commands from Vista cmd and then install whatever OS, then you should be > fine, or do this from install DVD. > > - James > On Jun 14, 2009, at 7:22 AM, Brian Utterback wrote: > >> I have a laptop that I am dual booting with Vista. I cannot install >> Vista Service pack 1 because it modifies the MBR and it fails when it >> finds that the MBR is not the original. So, what I need is the easiest >> way to restore the Vista MBR, install the service pack and then >> replace the new Vista MBR with the Open Solaris one. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Brian Utterback >> _______________________________________________ >> laptop-discuss mailing list >> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > -- blu "The advertising giveth and the EULA taketh away." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom
