Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot Partitions

2011-03-02 Thread dhk
On 02/28/2011 08:25 AM, Mick wrote: > On 28 February 2011 13:11, dhk wrote: > >> Alright, I found a couple thing in Grub that I had wrong. 1) The >> (hd0,0) for the splash should have been (hd0,2). That fixed the problem >> with no Grub menu. 2) The Windows menu option was (hd0,1) and should >

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot Partitions

2011-02-28 Thread Mick
On 28 February 2011 13:11, dhk wrote: > Alright, I found a couple thing in Grub that I had wrong.  1) The > (hd0,0) for the splash should have been (hd0,2).  That fixed the problem > with no Grub menu.  2) The Windows menu option was (hd0,1) and should > have been (hd0,0) for the Windows boot par

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot Partitions

2011-02-28 Thread Mick
On 28 February 2011 12:25, dhk wrote: > I did everything in Grub and haven't touched the MS Windows partitions > since the initial install. > > The problem looks like Grub and some other stuff.  Can't boot to Windows > or Linux.  It looks like the Grub menu never comes up.  However, it > seems to

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot Partitions

2011-02-28 Thread dhk
On 02/28/2011 07:25 AM, dhk wrote: > On 02/28/2011 06:39 AM, Mick wrote: >> On 28 February 2011 11:26, dhk wrote: >> >>> Thanks for all the input. It helped clear up a lot of questions. I >>> spent the weekend installing to Operating Systems and it looks like it >>> almost worked. I think the p

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot Partitions

2011-02-28 Thread dhk
On 02/28/2011 06:39 AM, Mick wrote: > On 28 February 2011 11:26, dhk wrote: > >> Thanks for all the input. It helped clear up a lot of questions. I >> spent the weekend installing to Operating Systems and it looks like it >> almost worked. I think the problem is in the Grub setup, so it should

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot Partitions

2011-02-28 Thread Mick
On 28 February 2011 11:26, dhk wrote: > Thanks for all the input.  It helped clear up a lot of questions.  I > spent the weekend installing to Operating Systems and it looks like it > almost worked.  I think the problem is in the Grub setup, so it should > be repairable once I find the mistake.  

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot Partitions

2011-02-28 Thread dhk
On 02/27/2011 02:39 PM, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 27 February 2011 18:04:26 Florian Philipp wrote: >> Am 27.02.2011 17:02, schrieb Petri Rosenström: >>> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 5:01 PM, dhk wrote: > First, the observations. I tried to partition my disk with fdisk the way I wanted. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot Partitions

2011-02-27 Thread Mick
On Sunday 27 February 2011 18:04:26 Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 27.02.2011 17:02, schrieb Petri Rosenström: > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 5:01 PM, dhk wrote: > >> First, the observations. I tried to partition my disk with fdisk the > >> way I wanted. I would recommend you use 'parted -a optimal

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot Partitions

2011-02-27 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 27.02.2011 17:02, schrieb Petri Rosenström: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 5:01 PM, dhk wrote: >> I have a new laptop that I need to set up for dual booting. As much as >> I despise Microsoft, I have to use it for certain things. Such as some >> obscure peripherals, like my slide photo scanner, it

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Boot Partitions

2011-02-27 Thread Petri Rosenström
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 5:01 PM, dhk wrote: > I have a new laptop that I need to set up for dual booting.  As much as > I despise Microsoft, I have to use it for certain things.  Such as some > obscure peripherals, like my slide photo scanner, it doesn't support > Linux and TD Ameritrade's streami

[gentoo-user] Dual Boot Partitions

2011-02-27 Thread dhk
I have a new laptop that I need to set up for dual booting. As much as I despise Microsoft, I have to use it for certain things. Such as some obscure peripherals, like my slide photo scanner, it doesn't support Linux and TD Ameritrade's streaming Java tools don't work the same as on Linux. Until