On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, [ISO-8859-1] Sérgio Monteiro Basto wrote: > Hi, > 1st for windows works you just can have one primary partition active
Yes, preferably /boot (unless GRUB could live in the W2K partition and still boot both OS's). > 2nd for windows works you just can have 4 primary partition Right. > 3rd so I should have partition 1 with windows, partition 2 with ext3 44M > /boot, partition 3 can't be windows (like FAT) and partition 4 should be > the extended. Right, but I want to keep the diagnostic and S2D partitions, and they need to be primary too. Total of four partitions that need to be primary *plus* the extended. > if you active partition 2 for boot, and install grub on that partition > (like I do!) this lines will make windows thing that active partition is > 1. > > title WindowsXP > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > chainloader +1 That's how I ran my old system, but it didn't have the diagnostic partition. > > First You should partition the disk, > after install the systems , > > For installation of windows you may be prefer swap active bootable > partition to 1, after installation you can put again in 2. > > Last thing swap active partition just can be done with fdisk or with > partition magic something. > > PM7 when try correct LHsometing fuck up linux partition, but if you go > to fdisk you can recover this same partition again. Thanks, but my question was a bit more involved than this. > > I have a Dell Latititude C640, with the following disk layout. > > > > (1) These things come with a pre-allocated primary partition containing > > diagnostics, and there is a BIOS boot option to boot the diagnostic > > partition. > > > > (2) To use suspend-to-disk with an APM OS, I have a second primary > > partition allocated. This holds the S2D image and a utility to save and > > restore. > > > > (3) I have /boot as a small primary partition. In order to use the S2D > > partition, GRUB has to be installed in this partition, and this partition > > is set active. > > > > (4) Next is the extended partition. It holds logical partitions for /, > > /usr, /home, and swap. > > > > (5) I have some unallocated space, and I'd like to reload the Win2K that > > came with the machine and set up dual boot. > > > > Obviously, I've used up my three primary partitions. I can make the Win2K > > partition inside the extended partition, but that raises my questions: > > > > (1) Can I boot into an OS in a logical partition from GRUB? > > > > (2) Can I boot into Windows in a logical partition with the usual MBR boot > > loader if I make the /boot partition inactive? (I wouldn't do this > > normally, but if I need Dell support, the pedants there insist that they > > won't support a dual boot machine, so I need to be able to make the thing > > boot directly into Windows.) > > > > (3) Alternatively, can I make /boot a logical partition and still make it > > active? > > > > TIA. > > > > -- > > Matthew Saltzman > > > > Clemson University Math Sciences > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > *********************************************************************************** > > NNC Limited > > Booths Hall > > Chelford Road > > Knutsford > > Cheshire > > WA16 8QZ > > > > Country of Registration: United Kingdom > > Registered Number: 1120437 > > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > > are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify > > the NNC system manager by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *********************************************************************************** > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
