Re: Slashdotted - XP dual boot issue

From: Pedro Fernandes Macedo (webmaster_at_margo.bijoux.nom.br)
Date: 05/24/04

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Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 20:21:14 -0300

    On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 19:12, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
    > No. Silly is crying like a baby because FC corrects a malformed
    > partition table... and Windows borks down.
    >
    No. It doesnt correct the partition table. It borks the partition table.
    And that's the problem. Read below for more explanations...

    > Windows isn't the answer. Windows is the question.
    > The answer is no! :)
    >
    > If you want to make a serious case study, you'll see your statement only
    > makes sense for a very small minority.
    >
    Ok , but this small minority is a great part inside the minority that
    uses linux....

    > I still say: complain to Microsoft, they're the only one who can help
    > you. And we can try to move on with the schedule, and hopefully find a
    > way to work around Microsoft, once again.
    >
    Please read the bug report again. This is not related to windows
    destroying the partition table , but linux doing this..
    I experienced this bug. Here's a brief history on what happened here and
    you'll see that windows is not the problem here:
    1 - installed core 1 (using anaconda to create the partitions) , then
    windows and then recovered grub (at this point , everything works
    perfectly.)
    2 - installed core 2 (final or test3) on the *existing partitions
    created by core 1* and windows doesnt boot anymore.

    So , add the facts and it shows you that it doesnt "corrects a malformed
    partition table" like you said. It changed the partition tables , even
    when it shouldnt! The geometry was right , all the partition types were
    right , so why it changed anything? 

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Pedro Macedo
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