Hi Aaron, On 8/11/07, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 19:03 -0300, André Costa wrote: > > Hi Aaron, thks for stepping in. > > > > On 8/10/07, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 18:07 -0300, André Costa wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > this is somehow off-topic, but hopefully someone here has been through > > > > this already... > > > > > > > > I just bought a shiny new Core 2 Duo machine (Intel DG33BU mobo), with > > > > a nice 250G SATA disk. Fedora 7 installation went surprisingly well > > > > (and fast), only problem was that onboard NIC was not recognized, but > > > > upgrading the kernel offline fixed this. Everything is amazingly fast > > > > =) > > > > > > > > BUT... I need this machine to dual-boot to Windows XP (still addicted > > > > to some Windows-only games =( ). XP setup CD hangs just after showing > > > > "examining hardware configuration" or something like that. It doesn't > > > > really hangs, it just switches to a blank screen and sits there > > > > forever (I already left it there for more than 15min to no avail). > > > > Keyboard is responsive and HD led stays on. CTRL+ALT+DEL reboots as > > > > expected. > > > > > > > > I talked to IT guys at work and they told me they've been through this > > > > already lots of times, it seems XP is unable to properly recognize the > > > > disk when only Linux is installed on it (?!?), and only solution would > > > > be to reformat the whole thing and install XP first. > > > > > > > > Is that true? > > > > > > It is true that it is better to install XP first. I have had cases like > > > yours. Did you create a partition for XP? One can not tell from your > > > fdisk -l output. If not you are lost. > > > > > > However, If there is such a partition. make it type 7 with fdisk. Then > > > retry your XP install. > > > > I haven't created a partition for XP, but I just did that with gparted > > on the empty partition, and marked it as HPFS/NTFS (type 7): > > > > ~ fdisk -l > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > > /dev/sda2 14 10467 83971755 8e Linux LVM > > /dev/sda3 10468 30401 160119855 7 HPFS/NTFS > > > > Still, nothing happens. ... stupid XP, I can't believe I'll have to > > reinstall everything because of it =/ > > > > If that's really the case, what should I do? Reboot from Fedora > > installation CD into rescue mode, run fdisk and remove all partitions? > > > > Something just occurred to me: what if I managed to boot from a Linux > > rescue CD, ran gparted and marked both /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 as > > "hidden" partitions? Could this work? > > > > Regards, > > > > Andre > > I apologize for not mentioning the possibility of using gparted. But I am still > confused. Where is your swap partition. Part of the problem is that XP > deals with the partition table differently than Linux. The swap partition is "inside" the LVM partition, as suggested by anaconda during installation. > If you have to start again this is what to do. Repartition the disk from > scratch using fdisk from rescue mode . Arrange to install XP first on > the first partition. Then install Linux and I am sure it will work. I > have done this many times and with this arrangement things work. Cool, thks for confirming that. NTFS will occupy the first 150G, can this be a problem for grub? > But please assign a swap partition. Also when installing Linux use the > Custom partitioning option. Will do that, thks again. Regards, Andre
