[ale] If you own (almost) ANY HDD, repartition with 4k boundaries

[Jim Kinney]

And since private gambling is technically not allowed in Ga....

Both of you owe me a beer :-)

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

>
>
> Phil Turmel <philip at turmel.org> wrote:
>
> >On 01/07/2013 10:34 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> >> Hi Phil,
> >>
> >> I tried googling around on this for a while but couldn't find
> >> anything conclusive.  I could be wrong about this, but, I would be
> >> willing to bet an entirely trivial amount of money that, if you
> >> install Win XP on bare metal on a 4K drive, with the 1st partition
> >> starting at sector 2048, that you won't be able to boot unless you
> >> replace the boot loader with the one from Vista, 7, or something like
> >> Grub.  (My English teacher would love that sentence.)  I have no way
> >> to try this however, so, unless someone tries it or knows the answer,
> >> it may remain a mystery.
> >
> >Thanks to this list, I have M350 mini-itx HTPC parts coming soon.  I
> >can
> >do a quick test of XP to settle this before I put the real system on it
> >(MythTV frontend).
> >
> >I'd consider the cost of a beverage of choice after the next meeting to
> >be trivial enough. :-)
> >
> >Phil
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> OK, I guess I left myself open for that.  I'll make the bet under the
> following criteria.  I have to clarify some things so we're on the same
> page.  Here's what you have to do to win.
>
> You must get Windows XP running on bare metal on an advanced format HDD ,
> partitioned on 1 MiB boundaries, with XP's own bootloader as follows:
>
> * This bet is between Ron Frazier and Phil Turmel only.  No other
> participants can claim the prize.  Helpers are allowed.
> * Windows XP must be running on bare metal, no virtual machines.
> * The storage medium must be a hard drive, not an ssd or a hybrid drive.
> * The hard drive must have 4 KB physical sectors.  This must be documented
> on the hard drive maker's site.  Please provide a link.
> * You may NOT use the jumper on some drives that lies to the pc and claims
> sector 64 is 63.
> * AFTER the XP installation.  The first partition of the hard drive must
> begin on sector 2048 according to gparted.  A screenshot of the gparted
> information screen for that partition will act as proof.  If Windows XP
> repartitions the drive during installation and changes the beginning
> sector, it must be repartitioned again to put the beginning sector at 2048.
>  The hard should use MBR format.
> * Windows XP must be installed on the first partition.
> * Once the installation is done, Windows XP must boot and load properly on
> the above referenced hard drive..  A screenshot of the my computer
> properties screen will act as proof.
> * Windows XP must boot with its own native bootloader.  If you have to
> repair a failed boot sequence, you may use only the Windows XP install
> disk, not Windows Vista or 7 or 8.  If you use a Linux tool to repair a
> broken boot sequence, you cannot replace the Windows XP bootloader.
>  Booting to Grub, for example, is not allowed.
> * Results of the testing should be published here to ALE with screenshots
> linked to in a publicly accessible place.
> * If you get it working, you have to tell the rest of us how you did it.
>
> If you get it working under these conditions, I will buy you a drink up to
> $ 5.  If you try and fail, I get the $ 5.
>
> Let me know what you think.  8-)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
>
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>
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