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- Jul 20, 2006
I've already got a thread started on the Althernative OS thread, but just figured I'd cover my rear-end here as well.
I was trying to get Linux (on my disk 2) to load Windows XP and Windows 2003 server (on Disk 1) Though I didn't want grub to install to Disk 1 so that I could avoid exactly the problem I'm having now. So I would just switch the jumpers to that the system would boot to disk 2 and run Linux and back to disk 1 to run windows.
So with Linux as disk1 I ran:
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
And now when I try to switch the drives back I get an "Invalid partition error" (on the windows disk)
I know there are a million ways to fix this... The Windows XP boot disc... any number of discs really. I tried running fdisk off of a Windows 98 boot disc but it just froze on me. I'm pretty sure though that if I just set the thing to active the partition would be fine.
What's the easiest way to do that?
Right now this is just a cute little Linux problem that I'm working through. But if I don't have it all figured out by Monday morning, I'M FIRED!
I was trying to get Linux (on my disk 2) to load Windows XP and Windows 2003 server (on Disk 1) Though I didn't want grub to install to Disk 1 so that I could avoid exactly the problem I'm having now. So I would just switch the jumpers to that the system would boot to disk 2 and run Linux and back to disk 1 to run windows.
So with Linux as disk1 I ran:
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
And now when I try to switch the drives back I get an "Invalid partition error" (on the windows disk)
I know there are a million ways to fix this... The Windows XP boot disc... any number of discs really. I tried running fdisk off of a Windows 98 boot disc but it just froze on me. I'm pretty sure though that if I just set the thing to active the partition would be fine.
What's the easiest way to do that?
Right now this is just a cute little Linux problem that I'm working through. But if I don't have it all figured out by Monday morning, I'M FIRED!