On 5 Dec 2002, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 01:58, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> [snip]
> > Now the problem. We install Linux and W2k on a Dell machine. The Linux
> > runs. Now we boot the W2k. W2k has a disk manager program which allows
> > you to see what W2k thinks about the structure of the disk, When the
> > program is run it tells us that the Linux partition is Fat 32. We reboot
> > the machine and find that the Linux is ruined. In will not boot and the
> > disk seems to be written over by W2K.
> >
> > Now we have done this about several 100 times over the years and this has
> > not happened before. Nor does it happen on other machines.
> >
> > Can someone suggest where to look for an answer? Can anyone confirm an
> > impression that w2k keep a separate partition table that it uses, and if
> > so where is it located?
> I can confirm the opposite behaviour! I've dual boot linux & windows on
> win98, winnt, win2k & winxp, and never seen this happen.
I've seen that W2K disk manager screw the partition table frequently.
I've reinstalled W2K several times. I have Grub installed on my /boot
partition, and the W2K install resets the active partition. Attempting to
use the W2K disk manager to set the active partition back to /boot hoses
the partition table every time. My solution is to book into Linux rescue
mode after the W2K installation completes and run fdisk to reset the
active partition. I try to stay as far from the W2K disk manager as I
can.
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