From: philo@invalid.not   
      
   On 11/11/2011 10:43 PM, bad sector wrote:   
   > On 11/11/2011 11:12 PM, philo wrote:   
   >> On 11/11/2011 04:19 PM, Auric__ wrote:   
   >>> philo wrote:   
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   >>>> On 11/11/2011 09:04 AM, bad sector wrote:   
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   >>>>> Is there a requirement for the first primary partition for any windows   
   >>>>> installation (xp or 7)? Can one install linux on the 1st primary and   
   >>>>> windows on the 2nd?   
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   >>>>> I know that a (any) primary "is" required at least to boot windows.   
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   >>>> It's true that the "boot" files for Windows must be on the first   
   >>>> primary   
   >>>> partition   
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   >>>> the rest of Windows can be on any drive though   
   >>>   
   >>> Not necessarily true. I have Windows and its boot files on the 3rd   
   >>> partition   
   >>> (hda3) and it works just fine. (hda1 is Linux /boot; hda2 is DOS C:,   
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   >>> active but with no drive letter under Windows.)   
   >>>   
   >>> In theory, Windows *should* be able to boot from any partition;   
   >>> possibly even   
   >>> from extended partitions and/or drives other than the primary master   
   >>> (although   
   >>> I haven't tried).   
   >>>   
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   >> If you check you will see that your windows boot files are on your first   
   >> active primary partition ...partition C:   
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   > Ok, I think I see where you're coming from. What windows sees as drive C   
   > is "the" active primary partition. As that can be any one of up to 4   
   > "it" is always drive C (to windows). There's no first active (primary)   
   > partition as there can be only one. The "first" primary partition is the   
   > lowest existing primary partition regardless of whether it's active or   
   > not. That's what I was asking about :-)   
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   Well, as Auric pointed out there are workarounds   
   but if you don't know exactly what you are doing...it can be risky   
      
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