I have a laptop I want to setup to boot either Gentoo or Windows.
Looking around I am trying to find recommendations as to which is better
to install first, Gentoo or Windows. From what I found, either often
gets a recommendation.
Would anyone recommend which is the best method for setup, start
On Jan 23, 2006, at 9:06 PM, Sean wrote:
I have a laptop I want to setup to boot either Gentoo or Windows.
Looking around I am trying to find recommendations as to which is
better to install first, Gentoo or Windows. From what I found,
either often gets a recommendation.
Would anyone recom
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 22:06 -0500, Sean wrote:
> I have a laptop I want to setup to boot either Gentoo or Windows.
[snip]
> Would anyone recommend which is the best method for setup, start with
> Gentoo or Windows?
it doesn't matter, IMHO, so long as you know that windows will overwrite
your grub
Iain Buchanan wrote:
1. use the windows to chain-boot linux (possible, but I don't know what
for :)
Sorry, this isn't possible - I should know, I've tried in the past.
Wasted too much time on it, too. Windows can only multi-boot with other
Windows. And if you've managed to get it t
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 22:05 -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote:
> Iain Buchanan wrote:
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> >1. use the windows to chain-boot linux (possible, but I don't know what
> >for :)
> >
>
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> Sorry, this isn't possible - I should know, I've tried in the past.
> Wasted too much time on it, too. Windows can o
I have seen so many howtos about dual booting windows and Linux. You can even create a boot floppy or install a program call GAG. I think is also possible GRUB will boot Windows as well. You should do a search on Google "dual boot win and linux" Let me know if you need more details, I could send
Am Dienstag, den 24.01.2006, 16:17 +0930 schrieb Iain Buchanan:
> On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 22:05 -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote:
> > Iain Buchanan wrote:
> >
> >
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> > >1. use the windows to chain-boot linux (possible, but I don't know what
> > >for :)
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sorry, this isn't possible - I sh
On 1/24/06, Ryan Tandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry, this isn't possible - I should know, I've tried in the past.
> Wasted too much time on it, too. Windows can only multi-boot with other
> Windows. And if you've managed to get it to do otherwise, please tell
> me how!
I did it on my firs
On 1/23/06, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Would anyone recommend which is the best method for setup, start with
> Gentoo or Windows?
Definitely start with Windows, it makes life so much easier later. I
usually partition the drive in two using the XP setup utility (which
is pathetic, but funct
> -Original Message-
> From: ellotheth rimmwen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 24 January 2006 13:49
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup
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>
> On 1/23/06, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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It's best to install Windows first, as it always overwrites the master
boot record, which destroys a Grub or Lilo setup.
Grub is perfectly capable of booting Windows by 'chain loading' to the
Windows loader. Booting linux from the Windows loader is a lot more complex.
I'd recommend having a fat32
*/Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote:
Aha, the old "I've tried it and it didn't work for me so it's not
possible" trick ;)
*shifty eyes* maybe... but I know other people who have also tried it
and failed, and I have yet to see a written account of it happening. So
- guilty unt
Ryan Tandy wrote:
*/Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote:
Aha, the old "I've tried it and it didn't work for me so it's not
possible" trick ;)
*shifty eyes* maybe... but I know other people who have also tried it
and failed, and I have yet to see a written account of it happening
Bryce Verdier wrote:
> I can say that back int the redhat 6.3 days, i was able to get redhat
> to boot from the NT4 loader. And i could have sworn that there was a
> HOWTO on the LDP, but i can't find it now.
>
> So at least 5 or 6 years ago it could have been done. But with such
> nice bootloader
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:23:51 -0600, Dale wrote:
> If grub gets hosed, you can boot a Win 98 CD or a boot floppy and run
> fdisk /mbr on it. I recently took a hard drive of mine out of a friends
> computer that was dual booting and that was what I did. Now windoze XP
> boots up like Linux was nev
> -Original Message-
> From: Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 25 January 2006 06:24
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot System Setup
>
>
> If grub gets hosed, you can boot a Win 98 CD or a boot floppy and run
> fd
Neil Bothwick wrote:
>On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:23:51 -0600, Dale wrote:
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>>If grub gets hosed, you can boot a Win 98 CD or a boot floppy and run
>>fdisk /mbr on it. I recently took a hard drive of mine out of a friends
>>computer that was dual booting and that was what I did. Now windoze XP
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