Re: First Linux, then WinXp, is it possible on the same disk
From: joseph philip (joseph_at_nntp.will.suffice)
Date: 03/31/04
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:42:13 -0500
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:51:27 +0100, Styvaen wrote:
> "Yongtao Yang" <yongtao.yang@telia.com> wrote in message
> news:_EEib.32910$dP1.102775@newsc.telia.net...
>> Hi, I saw plenty of posts talking about installing linux after windows,
>> no I wonder whether the opposite is possible. I have a computer which
>> was installed with only linux(SuSE 7.0) and has been running fine. Now
>> for some reasons I have to install WindowsXP on the last partition,
>> which was left empty to install some other OS, but I didn't expect
>> WinXP is such naughty. :)
>>
>> The parition table is
>>
>> /dev/hda1 * 1 14 105808+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2
>> 15 150 1028160 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 151
>> 963 6146280 83 Linux /dev/hda4 964 2586
>> 12269880 5 Extended /dev/hda5 964 1776 6146248+
>> 83 Linux /dev/hda6 1777 2585 6116008+ e Win95 FAT16
>> (LBA)
>>
>> Where /dev/hda6 is empty and I want to install WindowsXP. I have tried
>> two methods without any success.
>>
>>
> I will stick my neck out on this one.
>
> Maybe you could edit your partition table so that the start and stop
> cylinders for partitions hda3 and hda6 are exchanged with each other.
> Perhaps 'parted' can do this?
>
> Obviously you would need to modify your linux booting method to account
> for the partition naming change. You should also mark hda3 as bootable
> before you attempt to install windows on it.
>
> The new parition table, perhaps?
>
> /dev/hda1 1 14 105808+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda2 15 150 1028160 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3
> * 1777 2585 6116008+ e Win95 FAT16 (LBA) /dev/hda4
> 964 2586 12269880 5 Extended /dev/hda5 964 1776
> 6146248+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 151 963 6146280 83
> Linux
>
> Would this work? Comments welcome.
>
> Styvaen.
No it won't:
A primary partition overlaps (and seems to be contained inside ) an
extended partition.Partitioning tools would either freeze up or declare
that there's a disk error and offer to fix the problem for you. The NT
disk administrator would do strange things (with resultant loss of data)
when presented with a disk that is even slightly out of the ordinary.
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