RE: Gentoo and WinXP

Hi Brian,

I did have similar problems with other Windows versions, were the installer
overwrote the MBR.  I have no specific experience with Windows XP, but your
problem should be solvable by rebooting with the Gentoo install CD,
chrooting to your Gentoo partition, and reinstalling grub (after mounting
/boot!).  Don't forget to add your XP partition to the grub menu (a Google
on Grub and XP should help here).

Good luck.

Gwendolyn.

BTW: the Gentoo install CD makes a nice rescue disk!


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Brian Koppe
Sent: donderdag 3 oktober 2002 11:02
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: [gentoo-newbies] Gentoo and WinXP


Hi, I recently installed Gentoo to be dual-booted with XP.  I installed
Gentoo first and got it to work just fine.  After a few days of playing
around in it, getting settings to my liking, etc, I installed XP.  To my
disappointment, after installing XP, Gentoo wouldn't boot at all.
 Unfortunately, I don't remember the error and have since I reformatted
everything, but it seemed as though installing XP screwed up the TOC.
 Now, this seemed odd to me because, with Mandrake, I would reinstall XP
multiple times (Windows needs that you know :-\) and it would never
cause any problems to Linux.  So, my question is has anyone else
experienced trouble dual-booting?  Has anyone tried reinstalling XP
after Gentoo was installed?  I ask especially because I reinstall
Windows every 4 months or so and I'm hoping I won't have to reinstall
Gentoo sop often as well :-\

Thanks in advance!
Brian

--
"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my
contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the
spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be
done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, and all the
loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism, how violently I hate
all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to
shreds than be part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing
under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."

-- Albert Einstein (1875-1955), German-born American theoretical physicist,
theories of relativity, philosopher



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