[ltp] R40 - problems with double boot

[Szakacsits Szabolcs]

On Tue, 18 May 2004, Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:
> >
> >   http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html#troubleshoot
> 
> I'm thinking about ditching the Knoppix to HD install that's currently on my 
> ThinkPad 600E and going with SuSE 9.1, since SuSE [...] 
>
> Would using FAT32 instead of NTFS sidestep this problem? 

No, the problem is filesystem independent. For example since Fedora users
don't have NTFS support at all, they blamed GRUB -- also incorrectly,
AFAIK. So it do happen also with FAT32. No need to resize or anything,
just modifying the partition table on 2.6 kernels (apparently by parted or
libparted based partitioning tool) can make Windows unbootable. E.g. if
you create a root and swap partition on an unallocated space.

Please note, this bootability problem doesn't happen on all computers but
only some percent of them. 

Cheers,
	Szaka