Dapper Dual-Booting With XP + XFS *AND* grub

[Lord Sauron]

On 8/7/06, Freddie Cash <fcash-ml at sd73.bc.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, August 6, 2006 9:21 pm, Lord Sauron wrote:
> > I'm trying to install Dapper from the "alternate" install CD ('cause
> > the AMD64 "normal" CD wouldn't boot) and then some.
> >
> > I want to use XFS for everything, however, I only know how to use
> > grub so I have to use grub, because that allows me to boot XP and
> > screw around with my Kernel as I'm very wont to do.
> >
> > HOWEVER, grub barfs at XFS, so I thought I'd try to be clever and
> > partition my disk thus:
> >
> > sda1 (XP) ntfs /media/sda1 sda2 (grub) ext3 /boot sda3 (linux) xfs /
> > sda4 (swap) linux-swap " "
> >
> > The space allocation really doesn't matter.
>
> > My problem is that I've gone through about three installs and it
> > refuses to recognize grub.  It just says "NO SYSTEM DISK - INSERT
> > SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"
>
> Say yes when it asks if you want to install grub into the master boot
> record.  That will make grub be the boot loader that the BIOS loads.

I did.

I'm now working with Lilo, and was surprised to find it not that
difficult to work with.

I'm fine now.  I was just in a bit of panic, that's all.

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