[ltp] Rescue and recovery broken after installing Gentoo

[Ben Jencks]

The WinXP cd I have doesn't like the thinkpad windows key. I think it's
an academic version, which has a different set of valid keys. After
installing WinXP, it still doesn't work :( So, it seems something else
is wrong.

Ben Jencks

jgidi@umd.umich.edu writes:

> I'm far from a Windows expert (I basically keep it around for the few
> Windows-only programs I occasionally need to run), but you should be able to
> use the XP CD and the product key on your Thinkpad to install XP. (I'm
> assuming
> it's an XP Pro CD)
>
> As far as using NTLDR without Windows installed, it might be possible,
> not sure.
> Since it reads its configuration from the boot.ini file at the root
> level of the
> C: drive, you might need to keep a small NTFS partition at the
> beginning of the
> drive to store your boot.ini. If it's doable, I'm sure someone's done it and
> put a writeup on the web.
>
> Best,
> Joe Gidi
>