Re: [CentOS] Grub configuration from within Windows

2009-04-24 Thread Les Mikesell
Marko Vojinovic wrote: > Ok, to summarize, using a small CentOS system in a virtual machine is > one option (the "safe" one, I would say), while mounting / from > Windows using that driver is another one (the "easy" one, because It > doesn't feel so safe). Note that the CentOS that you boot in the

Re: [CentOS] Grub configuration from within Windows

2009-04-24 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:44, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > I did not test this, but I'm almost positive that GRUB supports FAT as > the partition type for the /boot filesystem. >From /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97/NEWS: New in 0.5.93 - 1999-10-30: * FAT32 support is added. New in 0.5.94 - 2000

Re: [CentOS] Grub configuration from within Windows

2009-04-24 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 09:34, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > using a small CentOS system in a virtual machine is > one option (the "safe" one, I would say), while mounting / from > Windows using that driver is another one I did not test this, but I'm almost positive that GRUB supports FAT as the

Re: [CentOS] Grub configuration from within Windows

2009-04-24 Thread Marko Vojinovic
Ok, to summarize, using a small CentOS system in a virtual machine is one option (the "safe" one, I would say), while mounting / from Windows using that driver is another one (the "easy" one, because It doesn't feel so safe). Thanks to all who have replied, I'll look into these ideas over the week

Re: [CentOS] Grub configuration from within Windows

2009-04-23 Thread Michael Kralka
On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 23:58 +0200, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > My friend uses a typical dual-boot setup (Windows XP and Centos 5.3). > The machine is online 24/7 and he often uses it from a remote location > (Linux via ssh -X, Windows via rdesktop). > > The problem is that he wants to be able to remo

Re: [CentOS] Grub configuration from within Windows

2009-04-23 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
Hi Marko, On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > My friend uses a typical dual-boot setup (Windows XP and Centos 5.3). > The machine is online 24/7 and he often uses it from a remote location > (Linux via ssh -X, Windows via rdesktop). > > The problem is that he wants to be abl

Re: [CentOS] Grub configuration from within Windows

2009-04-22 Thread Brian Mathis
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > My friend uses a typical dual-boot setup (Windows XP and Centos 5.3). > The machine is online 24/7 and he often uses it from a remote location > (Linux via ssh -X, Windows via rdesktop). > > The problem is that he wants to be able to remote

Re: [CentOS] Grub configuration from within Windows

2009-04-22 Thread Les Mikesell
Marko Vojinovic wrote: > My friend uses a typical dual-boot setup (Windows XP and Centos 5.3). > The machine is online 24/7 and he often uses it from a remote location > (Linux via ssh -X, Windows via rdesktop). > > The problem is that he wants to be able to remotely configure which of > these two