Re: windows XP NTFS\redhat 7.2

[Tom Lane]

Jeff Sheinberg <address@hidden> writes:
> Have you tried installing WinXP into a logical partition as you
> had originally done so and then found that you could subsequently
> boot into WinXP using only standard M$ MBR supplied by WinXP?

I neglected to mention that, but yes, WinXP booted just fine from
that partition, until I stuck GRUB in the way :-(.  Remember it was
WinXP's choice to put itself into a logical partition --- I had thought
it would create a physical partition, but it didn't.  I doubt they'd
have set up the installer to do that if it wouldn't work.

I surmise that perhaps there is some bit of state passed from the
WinXP MBR code to the WinXP chain loader that is essential in the
logical-partition case, but not in the physical-partition case,
and that GRUB doesn't know about.

                        regards, tom lane