On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 01:52, Snake Eyes wrote:
hi,
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/..._booting91.html
i read about the bug that can cause some problems with win xp
can i do this ?
using a old knoppix version (kernel 2.4)
1. partition manually using fdisk 2. format the partition as riserfs/ext3 3. tell suse installer to install without formating to the above partition (thereby avoiding using the parted tool) 4. install GRUB to MBR
is this safe ?
i just want to be sure before proceding...
The bug centres around the HD definition i the BIOS, it needs to be set for LBA and not auto in order for GNU-Parted to not trash XP. I bought a copy of Partition Magic 8.0. booted the CD after defragging the HD with Speed Disk and defrag (speed then file position on the drive). I resized the NTFS partition and spec out both Swap and EXT3 partitions. Booted with the install CD and choose to format with resierfs and installed. XP was fine. Mike