From: robin_listas@invalid.es   
      
   On 2016-11-30 15:57, Happy Oyster wrote:   
   > On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 10:32:40 +0100, "Carlos E.R." <> wrote:   
   >   
   > Merci.   
   >   
   >>   If GRUB "hides" a DOS (or Windows) partition (*note parttool::), DOS   
   >> (or Windows) will ignore the partition. If GRUB "unhides" a DOS (or   
   >> Windows) partition, DOS (or Windows) will detect the partition. Thus,   
   >> if you have installed DOS (or Windows) on the first and the second   
   >> partition of the first hard disk, and you want to boot the copy on the   
   >> first partition, do the following:   
   >>   
   >>     parttool (hd0,1) hidden-   
   >>     parttool (hd0,2) hidden+   
   > ******************************   
   >   
   > So it should be possible to ALSO have   
   >   
   >>     parttool (hd0,3) hidden+   
   >>     parttool (hd0,4) hidden+   
   >>     parttool (hd0,5) hidden+   
   >   
   > ? I want that Windows keeps off its smeary handy from all the rest of   
   > the HDD, so it will not touch any other system.   
      
   Yes, indeed. I had not thought it out that way.   
      
   What the boot entry I posted does is make sure that the windows boot   
   partition is not hidden.   
      
   Mind: you may have to unhidde those partitions again when booting Linux.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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