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Problem: after copying a partition, the OS in it cannot be booted.<br>
# dd if=/dev/hdc3 of=/dev/hda3 bs=1M<br>
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I did not have this particular problem copying Linux (I had other
problems). But after copying a partition with Windows 2K and
attempting to boot to it, getting to the partition by Grub, I get the
messages:<br>
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Invalid BOOT.INI file<br>
Booting from C:\winnt\<br>
NTDETECT failed<br>
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The partitions copied to and from are the same size, but slightly
different positions on the drive. I am guessing that the stage one
loader is present, but has the location of files for the next stage
hard coded (and wrong because of the offset position of the file).<br>
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Yeah, I know - get rid of Windows and I won't have to worry about such
things. Any other suggestions?<br>
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-Dan
Dr. Dan Martin, MD, CCFP, BSc, BCSc (Hon)
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