Re: vista clone - autochk

<hollex2108@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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following configuration has my hard disk :

sda1 vist-office 100GB
sda2 vista-games 100GB
sda3 extended 100GB
sda4 vista-Data 165GB
sda5 swap 4GB
sda6 root 20GB
sda7 home 75GB

on sda1 i install vista with basic tools like java, pdf-creator,
antivirus, 7zip, pdf-reader, ...
with partition image i take an image from sda1 and restore it to sda2
on sda5-7 i install opensuse 11
opensuse install a grub-bootloader
over grub i can start vista-office (sda1) and opnesuse

OK. So far, you've successfully installed a dual-boot between
Vista on partition 1 and Linux on one of the logical drives
(logical partitions) which uses Grub as the boot manager
(which may actually be on partition sda6 - the Linux root -
rather than sda7).


if i try to boot vista-games (sda2) it seems if there will be load
vista-office (sda1)
so i change the grub-settings as follows :

This where your posting gets difficult because this is a Vista NG,
not a Linux NG.

for office :
hide (hd0,1)
unhide (hd0,0)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader (hd0,0)+1

for games :
hide (hd0,0)
unhide (hd0,1)
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader (hd0,1)+1


Why do you set the new Linux root "active"? Why do you
hide/unhide? For now, try simplifying the Grub instructions to:
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1
and:
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader (hd0,1)+1


if i try to boot vista-games i get the message autochk not found
now i try with the vista-install-cd to repair the installation on sda2
vista say it fix some problems (automatically) so i reboot my system
but get the same message (autochk not found)
i boot again over vista-install-cd and use chkdsk /r over the vista-
console (c:)
vista say it fix some problems so i reboot my system but get the same
message (autochk not found)
so i boot again over vista-install-cd and use bootrec /FixMbr /FixBoot
over the vista-console (c:)
vista say it have done so, so i reboot my system but get the same
message (autochk not found) and now my grub is lost

Yes, because "bootrec /fixmbr" overwrote Grub stage 1, and
"bootrec /fixboot" overwrote Grub's stage 1.5 . There are
instructions in Grub which will restore Grub to the MBR and
to the Boot Sector, but the easiest thing to do might be to just
re-install OpenSUSE.


now i try to install vista on sda2 over vista-install-cd but after
copy files to sda2 and reebot i get the message autochk not found
now i have change the flag from sda1 to boot and the flag from sda2 to
hidden and restore the sda1 image it to sda2
at the moment vista-office boot correct, but i have no access to vista-
games

Yes, back to Square One.

Another problem is that the clones of Vista still have the same
BCD entries as the original Vista. Try this: First, set a clone
partition to "boot" (i.e. "active") using Gparted. Then run the
Vista installation CD's Repair and bring up the Command Prompt.
Then in the prompt window, run "bootrec /rebuildbcd". I'm
*guessing* that the BCD in the "active" partition will be fixed.
Do that for both the "games" and "data" Vista partitions.
Then reset the partition containing the Grub boot sector back
to "active" using Gparted or diskpart (a Windows utility).

In the future, you may want to direct your dual-boot questions
to a OpenSUSE or Linux NG as well.

*TimDaniels*


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