[PlanetCCRMA] Re: Joy with FC2 and XP!

[Axel Thimm]

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On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 09:07:47PM +0100, Chris Camacho wrote:
> Well finally something that didn't work, what fun!
>=20
> Seriously though if you intend to boot FC2 and XP do so
> cautiously!
>=20
> The way linux address's disk has apparently changed, the result
> CAN lead to the winxp boot mechanism failing beyond the ability=20
> fixboot and fixmbr.

I found the easiest way to cope with that is to create a partition
table with fdisk and hammer 255 heads into it (before creating the
partition table).

You can also do it with sfdisk, but I found it worked with fdisk while
installing via anaconda.
--=20
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net

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