Re: Partition hiding w/ 2 Windows installs on 2 disks

[Reshat Sabiq]

OK, it finally worked, after i changed XP partition type to 0x0. However,
that isn't quite what's needed, cause it needs to be restorable w/
something like the current &= ~0x10. So i'll try to analyze all the IDs,
and find something like 0x10, different from 0x0, that would make the
hide/unhide actions work to 2K and XP.

On Thu, 19 May 2005, Reshat Sabiq wrote:

> I tried manually changing the XP (sdb2) partition id to something that
> Windows wouldn't get (i used 0x93 this time), and W2000 still mounted
> and recognized that partition as NTFS. So what i thought might have
> been a defect or enhancement for grub, so far hasn't worked out. I'm quite
> puzzled by how to force Windows to ignore that partition.
> Trying to find some other ID (and a possible replacement for |= 0x10
> perhaps?), i will try a set of other IDs.
>
> On Wed, 18 May 2005, Reshat Sabiq wrote:
>
> > In other words, it appears Windows 2000 Pro, and XP recognize partition
> > type of 0x17 as a valid Windows partition. So perhaps a change is needed
> > in grub, that changes the partition id to something else?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 18 May 2005, Reshat Sabiq wrote:
> >
> > > The example grub.conf containts hide/unhide entries, however, when booting
> > > into Windows 2000, i can still see Windows XP partition as drive F:.
> > >
> > > The box has 2 scsi disks, and the 2nd one is now hd0, that's where XP is
> > > installed. Windows 2000 is on
> > > hd1.
> > >
> > > Has this feature been tested when using multiple disks, or does it perhaps
> > > work only when hiding a partition on the same disk? I assume hiding is
> > > accomplished by changing partition type to something Windows doesn't
> > > recognize. However, after booting into 2000, and then into Linux, i see
> > > that XP partition's type is 17, Hidden HPFS/NTFS.
> > >
> > > I know that documentation says this should work, but trying to make
> > > sure if this is known to work across disks.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> >
> >
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