On 2007/12/18 19:21 (GMT) michael apparently typed: > On 18 Dec 2007, at 18:03, Felix Miata wrote: >> On 2007/12/18 15:10 (GMT) michael apparently typed: >>> I'm looking for a solution for (re-)installing WinXP on my slave disk >>> when I have Fedora and LVM on the master disk. In the past I've opened >>> up the box and unplugged the Fedora/LVM disk in order for WinXP to >>> install okay. But this seems much too drastic. Even swapping disk order >>> (in BIOS) doesn't help - WinXP installation sits there "forever" when >>> checking current config. >>> Whilst I cannot find any definite reference stating "MS WinXP cannot >>> handle LVM" it does seem to be the culprit. >>> Anybody got any such definitive references or other help? >> It might help us help you to see the output of fdisk -l for each disk. > mkb@veri:~$ sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda > Password: > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 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 60801 488279610 8e Linux LVM > mkb@veri:~$ sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdb > Disk /dev/sdb: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 * 1 1305 10482381 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sdb2 1306 91201 722089620 83 Linux I don't know all the details, but if your XP installation disk doesn't include SP1 or above, you're in some kind of trouble. Your disks both require LBA48 for access, which XP didn't have until SP1. Even though your NTFS partition is below that requirement, its installer may be hanging on the whole disk size. LBA48 is required for disks larger than 137GB/128GiB. -- " Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/
