** Reply to message from "Rajko M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:50:56 -0600
> On Saturday 29 December 2007 01:11:28 pm Stan Goodman wrote: > > > I don't know what to make of this. On my system, three partitions are > > marked as "Bootable": > > > > OS/2, > > The failed-updated v10.2 that didn't turn into v10.3, and > > The newly installed v10.3 maintenance partition. > > I used 'bootable partition' as synonym for the one that system will boot > from, > ie. the one that has valid boot code (program) in it's boot sector and it is > marked as such in partition table. Here, /dev/sda1 or /dev/sda3 can be > bootable, but only /dev/sda3 is marked as 'Boot' which is 'cfdisk' term > for 'bootable'. It should be only one active (bootable) partition, otherwise > the state is undefined and what will be picked up depends on bootloader > design. Well, there you are. The terminology in the OS/2 LVM and Boot Manager calls "Startable" what you are calling "Bootable". So we had a "Clash of Cultures". In my system, only Boot Manager is Startable (your "Bootable"), and there are three Bootable partitions (i.e. Boot Manager entries). If that is clear. > The generic boot code is not GRUB. I guess it belongs to FreeDOS. GRUB is > installed in boot sector of active partition, not all 3 on your system, but > the one that you told to be used during installation. This too is understood here. > Though, Felix read your post carefully and noticed some unusual menu items > :-) Felix, as you know, put his finger on my careless error. Thanks much... -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." - Mark Twain -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
