[Debian-eeepc-devel] eeepc 1000H 160Go with XP

[Pierre Meurisse]

Hi !

I just bought an eeepc 1000H, 160Go  with Windows XP.

Partitions, obtained with a debian live-helper usb drive :

user at debian:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x515dee3b

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       10445    83899431    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2           10446       19452    72348727+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           19453       19457       40162+  ef  EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
user at debian:~$



I shrinked the sda2 and created an sda4 extended and then :

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x515dee3b

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1825    14659281    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2           10446       11082     5116702+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           19453       19457       40162+  ef  EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sda4           11083       19452    67232025    5  Extended
/dev/sda5           11083       11205      987966   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6           11206       11328      987966   83  Linux
/dev/sda7           11329       19452    65255998+  83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order



sda6 is for /, and sda7 is lvm with /usr, /var, /home.

I then installed the system with the debian installer from
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

It worked all right ; I had just to pick rt2860-source from
http://eeepc.debian.net/ for wifi.

I installed grub on sda6 ; boot from c:\boot.ini of XP


Then I booted my debian-live usb stick again and tried to shrink sda1 with
ntfs-resize. I don't think I made any mistake ; I already made this several
times on other machines.  But now, XP won't start.

Several questions:

- Is it possible to make XP start again somehow with that shrinked partition ?
- If not, I would erase XP ; can I install grub in the MBR without danger ?  
- I have a DVD for system restauration, but no external usb DVD drive ; is it
possible to copy the DVD onto a usb disk and boot from that disk ? Anyone ever
tried the DVD ?

Thanks for your great job for debian on eeepc.

-- 
Pierre Meurisse