From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lBJAPqCG024023 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:25:52 -0500 Received: from anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.92]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lBJAPVYw031266 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:25:31 -0500 Received: from dyn-62-56-118-152.dslaccess.co.uk ([62.56.118.152] helo=amd64.lan) by anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net with esmtpa (AUTH miasmic) (Exim 4.67) id 1J4w7G-0000Yw-Ee for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:25:30 +0000 Subject: RE: [linux-lvm] won't dual boot: 2 disks and LVM From: cs In-Reply-To: <1198059645.4768f07d37201@imp.free.fr> References: <1197988092.29413.77.camel@veri.phy.umist.ac.uk> <7C6C00FDABF70949A0A5D4DD8A4DC2170474A353@CORPUSMX20A.corp.emc.com> <1198010286.6637.10.camel@amd64.local> <7C6C00FDABF70949A0A5D4DD8A4DC2170474A356@CORPUSMX20A.corp.emc.com> <1198058368.3859.10.camel@amd64.local> <1198059645.4768f07d37201@imp.free.fr> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:25:09 +0000 Message-Id: <1198059909.3859.21.camel@amd64.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: LVM general discussion and development On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 11:20 +0100, Georges Giralt wrote: > Selon cs : >=20 > > On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 16:52 -0500, pham_cuong@emc.com wrote: > > > There is a difference between changing the boot order from the BIOS v= s. > > > [physically] removing the master HD. Here's why: > ...............Usefull stuff snipped............ > > > Regards, > > > > > > Confucius > > > > useful stuff but I'm still unsure why if I change the order in BIOS then > > (when I had it working a bit) it would start the XP boot sequence (and > > not the GRUB from master) but then hang indefinitely... > Hi ! > Let me chime in here as I've faced the same problem you've got. > My PC has a lot of disks, some of them for Fedora/LVM/mirror install, som= e of > them for Mandriva/Ubuntu install and one with Windows XP. > The problem I encountered came from ...guess what ? Windows XP installati= on. > Here is a _short_ HowTo. > 1) open you PC and let ONLY one disk into it as MASTER (if IDE) and insta= ll > Windows/XP. > 2) Double check that the Windows/XP boot section specify only this disk. > 3) Test that you can boot Windows/XP in this particular configuration. > 4) Return PC hardware as it should be. > 5) double check that you Linux/LVM config boots fine. > 6) modify the Grub.conf file to have Windows/XP believe it is on first di= sk/only > disk using map() command. > 7) double check Windows/XP boots fine. > If you do a Windows/XP install with another configuration than above, you= will > have some references to this configuration in the registry/boot config...= etc and > won't be able to run XP=C2=A8again. Also be sure to wipe clean the Windo= ws/XP disk > before installation, otherwise, you know what.... > This is just "been there, done that" .... kind of PITA I had. > And, of course, YMMV. that does seem the only safe way but I'm still struggling to understand why! Thanks, Michael