[ltp] Re-install default OS on a specified partition disk

[Ruben Jenster]

There is a solution for applying the right CHS values.
Look for: Re: [ltp] The Linux / Win... Dual Boot Problem !!!
in the Mailinlist.

Regards

Ruben


Am Monday, 17. January 2005 05:50 schrieb Ayaz Ahmed Khan:
> Christopher Sawtell typed:
> >> Ayaz Ahmed Khan wrote:
> >>> IIRC, Windows will install only if a partition its fdisk utility can
> >>> see exsits.  It won't touch any of the existing Linux partitions.
> >
> > I would not make that assumption!!!  I installed Linux on to all the
> > disk except the Windows backup area and then wanted to re-install
> > Windows. I made a 5GB primary partition for Windows as a labeled as
> > FAT32, but without a filesystem, and proceeded to extract Windows
> > using the "Restore to Factory ..." icon. The install process said
> > that the C/H/S on my disk was incorrect and offered to change
> > it. Stupidly I said 'Yes', The effect of that was that the whole
> > disk setup was changed and the Linux partitions were altered so that
> > they overlapped by one sector. I checked before going further, and
> > realized that it was going to be 'one of those days'.
> >
> > So the moral of the story is BACK-UP everything important!!!
>
> Oh, the dreaded C/H/S values issue.  I had nearly forgotten that.  I'm
> inexperienced when it comes to doing ``restore-to-factory'' type
> Windows re-installations.  I've only ever done complete installations
> of Windows from bootable CDs;  out of a little of my experience and of
> the experiences of others around at my place, a complete installation
> of Windows on a disk with existing GNU/Linux OSs has never crapped out
> -- except for overwriting the MBR.
>
> --
> Ayaz Ahmed Khan, unixforge.org/~ayaz/
>
> "It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course,
>  you are an exceptionally good liar."
>                 -- Jerome K. Jerome