When you are goofing around in the future, you may also want to check out the virtual appliances as well. :)
http://virtualappliances.net/ Steven On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Benjamin Zachary - Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ahh, probably I normally shut that off cuz in centos we are using drbd so we > turn all the disk junk off. Makes sense .. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 12:50 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: XP over Fedora > > Well it would have happened their as well as CentOS defaults to using LVM as > well and that is what seems to mess with WinXP... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 10:32 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: XP over Fedora > > Yah I went to bootdisk.com and grabbed a bootdisk and fdisk /mbr, I figured > that would work, just usually play with centos and never saw this before. > > thx > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Peck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 12:28 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: XP over Fedora > > I hadn't seen your reply when I remembered the tool but I used to have > a boot floppy and boot cd with the tools on it. > > On the other hand, DBan should also work because it's a nice self > contained CD though it does go a little further then diskpart :) > > Steven > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Joseph L. Casale > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Diskpart will be a bit hard to run :) >> >> It already boots Fedora, why not boot into the OS on it, so you don't have > to remove the HD or any other fancy crap etc... >> >> Just boot the OS in it, run the command I said as root, then restart and > boot off WinXP cd. Problem solved. >> >> jlc >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steven Peck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 10:07 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: XP over Fedora >> >> diskpart . you want to nuke the mbr >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415 >> >> I used to have a floppy I booted to but imagine there are other tools now. >> >> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Steven Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> You are going to want to nuke the drive. DBan is a little overkill >>> but I can't remember what I used to use. Whatever you use needs to >>> clear the MBR on the drive. >>> >>> Also, check the BIOS to make sure it's not one of those fancy high end >>> ones that says boot into windows or linux. >>> >>> Steven >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I always wipe my drives when changing OS. DBAN is your friend :) >>>> >>>> Joe Heaton >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 8:29 AM >>>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>>> Subject: XP over Fedora >>>> >>>> I goof around with fedora and we had a dell box running it for awhile >>>> with >>>> dans guardian and some other stuff. So now we want to put XP back on it, >>>> and >>>> when it goes to boot from the cd the system just locks up. I tried my >>>> BartPE >>>> disc and the same thing, if I unplug the hard drive then I can boot but >>>> of >>>> course cant do anything. I guess I could go make a quick floppy fdisk >>>> but >>>> wanted to know if anyones seen that. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I know the system locks up because as soon as it goes Windows is >>>> Inspecting >>>> your Computer. . the screen will turn black and if you hit power it goes >>>> off >>>> immediately (not like holding it down for 5-10sec) so the system is in >>>> some >>>> weird state. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Anyone know a workaround for future reference? 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