[rhn-users] Dual-Boot issue w/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS and Windows XP Professional x64

Sat Jan 28 20:06:38 UTC 2006

Good question, I suppose it depends on where you told grub to
load.  If grub is loaded on the mbr of the windows drive then
you have a problem.  If it is loaded on the linux drive you
should be ok.  I generally put linux on the 1st hd and windows
on the 2nd.  This way windows can operate on its own b/c it is
so picky.  If you want to switch to this way I think you would
have to load grub onto the linux mbr and make sure windows
fixes its own mbr as well (if you use the cd to enter the
rescue mode I think the "fix boot" command will put the mbr
back to normal.  

Then in the menu.lst I  put:
Windows
root (hdx,y)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader (hd1,0)+1

Benj

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:56:47 -0600
>From: "Ron Hoering" <RHoering at justifiedtechnology.com>  
>Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Dual-Boot issue w/ Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4 WS and Windows XP Professional x64  
>To: <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>
>Hi Benj,
>
>I have the normal entries in the grub.conf file. I have not
looked at
>the menu.lst file. Doesn't GRUB overwrite the MBR? If it does
how would
>the BIOS be able to find Windows with out GRUB?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ron
>
>>Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:31:04 +0600
>>From: Benj FitzPatrick <benjfitz at uchicago.edu>
>>Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Dual-Boot issue w/ Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
>4
>>	WS and	Windows XP Professional x64
>>To: Red Hat Network Users List <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>>Message-ID: <45fba390.81500671.81b6e00 at m4500-00.uchicago.edu>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>>Ron,
>>What do you have in your /boot/grub/menu.lst?  Also, If you
>>set the 1st hd to boot (namely using windows bootloader
>>instead of going through grub), will it get into windows?
>>Benj FitzPatrick
>>
>>---- Original message ----
>>>Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:34:53 -0600
>>>From: "Ron Hoering" <RHoering at justifiedtechnology.com>  
>>>Subject: [rhn-users] Dual-Boot issue w/ Red Hat Enterprise
>>Linux 4 WS and Windows XP Professional x64  
>>>To: <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> I have a dual-boot Windows XP Pro x64 PC that I loaded RHEL
>>4 WS AMD64 onto.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> When I select Windows it seems to freeze when it goes into
>>protected mode.
>>>
>>> [The ACPI*.* is the last file loaded.]
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> If I select safe mode it will boot Windows but not Safe Mode
>>w/ Network
>>>
>>> Support.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> DISK 1 is a SATA 250GB [one partition] with Windows x64
>>>
>>> DISK 2 is a SATA 250GB with RHEL 4 WS AMD64 on it. GRUB is
>>on the first
>>>
>>> partition of this disk.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> PS: Another AMD64 PC I have works great but it uses the
>>32-bit version of
>>>
>>> Windows XP.
>_________________________________
>Ronald M. Hoering, Partner
>Justified Technology(r) LLC
>rhoering at justifiedtechnology.com
>312-961-1073
>
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>   1. RE: How to include Netbios lookup in standard resolver?
>      (Scott Neugroschl)
>   2. Re: Software Channel Entitlements  (Collard Frederic)
>   3. Re: Software Channel Entitlements (Greg Forte)
>   4. Re: Dual-Boot issue w/ Red Hat	Enterprise Linux 4 WS and
>      Windows XP Professional x64 (Benj FitzPatrick)
>   5. Re: Software Channel Entitlements  (Collard Frederic)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:13:00 -0800
>From: "Scott Neugroschl" <saneugroschl at techfinity.com>
>Subject: RE: [rhn-users] How to include Netbios lookup in
standard
>	resolver?
>To: <rhn-users at redhat.com>
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>Thanks, Brian.
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian R. Smith [mailto:brs at rc.usf.edu] 
>> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 9:08 AM
>> To: saneugroschl at techfinity.com
>> Subject: Re: [rhn-users] How to include Netbios lookup in 
>> standard resolver?
>> 
>> 
>> Check this out:
>> 
>> http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/winbindd8.html
>> 
>> The following simple configuration in the/etc/nsswitch.conf 
>> file can be used  to  initially resolve hostnames from 
>> /etc/hosts and then from the WINS server.
>> 
>> hosts:         files wins
>> 
>> 
>> -Brian
>> 
>> On Friday 27 January 2006 09:22, Scott Neugroschl wrote:
>> > I'm running RHEL 3.
>> > I have Samba installed and configured, as a member of the
local 
>> > workgroup. The RHEL box is *not* the DHCP server, the XP
boxes get 
>> > their IP elsewhere via DHCP.
>> >
>> > How can I use Netbios name lookup as part of the regular
resolver 
>> > process? Google has been unhelpful.
>> >
>> > That is, let's say I have a machine named "john".  From my 
>> RHEL box, I 
>> > want to be able to do the following:
>> >
>> > $ ping john
>> > [usual ping responses]
>> >
>> > But because the name "john" is only known via Netbios
resolution 
>> > (nmblookup works), I can't do that from the command prompt. 
>>  I can't 
>> > use a hosts file entry because IP addresses are
>> > assigned via DHCP.
>> >
>> > I've looked at the docs for resolv.conf, host.conf and so 
>> forth, but 
>> > haven't found much help.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions?
>> >
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>Message: 2
>Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:15:18 +0100
>From: "Collard Frederic" <fcollard at ulg.ac.be>
>Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Software Channel Entitlements 
>To: "Red Hat Network Users List" <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <008f01c62365$3f9ab390$a5b2a58b at csld2000.ulg.ac.be>
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>
>I tried your suggestion, and the system gave me the following
message:
>" Up2date:
>System registered, but inactive
>Invalid Architecture and OS release combination (3WS,
>i686-redhat-linux)"
>
>What does this message mean ?
>
>The system is a:
>HP ProLiant DL360G4p/X3000 2MB 800 1GB (380324-421)
>
>
>Thanks in advance for your answer.
>
>Best regards.
>
>Frederic Collard
>
>
>Collard Frederic wrote:
>> How can I do that subscription ?
>>
>> Now, I have:
>>
>>
https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/channels/entitlements.pxt
>> Channel Entitlement: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Update 3
Beta (v.
>2.1)
>> Systems Subscribed: 0
>> Available Subscriptions: 1
>
>Anything that says "Beta" isn't a base channel (afaik).  The base
>channels (for entitlement purposes) are just named "Red Hat
Enterprise
>Linux WS/ES/AS", and if your entitlement list is like mine
it's so long
>that those show up on the second page.
>
>> I have tried on this page, without success:
>>
>>
>https://rhn.redhat.com/network/systems/details/channels.pxt?sid=10062661
>57
>> Details Errata Packages Channels Events
>> Software
>> Software Channel Subscriptions
>> This system is subscribed to the base channel, listed at
top, and to
>the
>> checked channels beneath, if any.
>
>I've seen this before, and always ended up (a) deleting the
system from
>rhn, then (b) re-registering it with up2date --register. 
Maybe there's
>a "better" approach, but this one is expedient, and has
always worked.
>;-)
>
>Cheers.
>
>-g
>
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 3
>Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:22:55 -0500
>From: Greg Forte <gforte at leopard.us.udel.edu>
>Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Software Channel Entitlements
>To: Red Hat Network Users List <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <43DA64FF.6010207 at leopard.us.udel.edu>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
>Beats me.  My guess would be it thinks you have too many
processors, WS 
>is only good for up to 2 processors, but hyper-threading
isn't supposed 
>to count, so that should be ok.  I'd contact tech support at
this point 
>- there's a reason you're paying for this subscription.  ;-)
>
>-g
>
>Collard Frederic wrote:
>> I tried your suggestion, and the system gave me the
following message:
>> " Up2date:
>> System registered, but inactive
>> Invalid Architecture and OS release combination (3WS,
>i686-redhat-linux)"
>> 
>> What does this message mean ?
>> 
>> The system is a:
>> HP ProLiant DL360G4p/X3000 2MB 800 1GB (380324-421)
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for your answer.
>> 
>> Best regards.
>> 
>> Frederic Collard
>> 
>> 
>> Collard Frederic wrote:
>>> How can I do that subscription ?
>>>
>>> Now, I have:
>>>
>>>
https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/channels/entitlements.pxt
>>> Channel Entitlement: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Update 3
Beta (v.
>2.1)
>>> Systems Subscribed: 0
>>> Available Subscriptions: 1
>> 
>> Anything that says "Beta" isn't a base channel (afaik). 
The base
>> channels (for entitlement purposes) are just named "Red Hat
Enterprise
>> Linux WS/ES/AS", and if your entitlement list is like mine
it's so
>long
>> that those show up on the second page.
>> 
>>> I have tried on this page, without success:
>>>
>>>
>https://rhn.redhat.com/network/systems/details/channels.pxt?sid=10062661
>57 
>>>
>>> Details Errata Packages Channels Events
>>> Software
>>> Software Channel Subscriptions
>>> This system is subscribed to the base channel, listed at
top, and to
>the
>>> checked channels beneath, if any.
>> 
>> I've seen this before, and always ended up (a) deleting the
system
>from
>> rhn, then (b) re-registering it with up2date --register.  Maybe
>there's
>> a "better" approach, but this one is expedient, and has
always worked.
>;-)
>> 
>> Cheers.
>> 
>> -g
>> 
>> 
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>
>
>-- 
>Greg Forte
>gforte at udel.edu
>IT - User Services
>University of Delaware
>302-831-1982
>Newark, DE
>
>
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>
>Message: 4
>Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:31:04 +0600
>From: Benj FitzPatrick <benjfitz at uchicago.edu>
>Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Dual-Boot issue w/ Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
>4
>	WS and	Windows XP Professional x64
>To: Red Hat Network Users List <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <45fba390.81500671.81b6e00 at m4500-00.uchicago.edu>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>Ron,
>What do you have in your /boot/grub/menu.lst?  Also, If you
>set the 1st hd to boot (namely using windows bootloader
>instead of going through grub), will it get into windows?
>Benj FitzPatrick
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:34:53 -0600
>>From: "Ron Hoering" <RHoering at justifiedtechnology.com>  
>>Subject: [rhn-users] Dual-Boot issue w/ Red Hat Enterprise
>Linux 4 WS and Windows XP Professional x64  
>>To: <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>  
>>
>> I have a dual-boot Windows XP Pro x64 PC that I loaded RHEL
>4 WS AMD64 onto.
>>
>>  
>>
>> When I select Windows it seems to freeze when it goes into
>protected mode.
>>
>> [The ACPI*.* is the last file loaded.]
>>
>>  
>>
>> If I select safe mode it will boot Windows but not Safe Mode
>w/ Network
>>
>> Support.
>>
>>  
>>
>> DISK 1 is a SATA 250GB [one partition] with Windows x64
>>
>> DISK 2 is a SATA 250GB with RHEL 4 WS AMD64 on it. GRUB is
>on the first
>>
>> partition of this disk.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>>  
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>  
>>
>> PS: Another AMD64 PC I have works great but it uses the
>32-bit version of
>>
>> Windows XP.
>>________________
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>Message: 5
>Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:33:20 +0100
>From: "Collard Frederic" <fcollard at ulg.ac.be>
>Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Software Channel Entitlements 
>To: "Red Hat Network Users List" <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <000901c62370$262c3ae0$a5b2a58b at csld2000.ulg.ac.be>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>	reply-type=original
>
>There is 2 processors in this system.
>
>OK.
>
>Thanks a lot for your answers.
>
>Best Regards.
>
>Frederic Collard
>
>------------------------------------------------
>
>Beats me. My guess would be it thinks you have too many
processors, WS
>is 
>only good for up to 2 processors, but hyper-threading isn't
supposed to 
>count, so that should be ok. I'd contact tech support at this
point - 
>there's a reason you're paying for this subscription. ;-)
>-g
>
>
>
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