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   From: SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid>   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
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   Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:09:46 GMT   
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   * »Q« wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   > In ,   
   > Richard Steven Hack  wrote:   
      
   >> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:19:41 +0100, Goeroeboeroe wrote:   
      
   >> > Op Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:32:44 +0000, schreef Richard Steven Hack:   
      
   >> > I installed Ubuntu and Kubuntu a few times on my Dell. I could   
   >> > replace the mbr simply with fixmbr from the recovery console.   
   >> > Grub didn't pick up the Dell utilities partition, you have to go   
   >> > into there while booting with, if I remember well, F12. But since   
   >> > I'm now completely over to Kubuntu I removed the utilities   
   >> > partition. But Grub leaves the utilities partition alone.   
      
   >> Yeah, I guess Grub doesn't recognize such a partition because it's   
   >> sort of non-standard. I've never tried using Grub to boot anything   
   >> but Windows and Linux.    
      
   > I don't have a Dell, but GRUB has no trouble handing off to the   
   > hidden recovery partition on my Sony laptop.  The entry in GRUB's menu   
   > file is pretty much the same as it would be for booting Windows.   
      
   > title=Boot Vaio Recovery   
   > rootnoverify (hd0,0)   
   > makeactive   
   > chainloader +1   
      
   > I commented it out because accidentally selecting it puts me a couple   
   > of clicks away from losing all data, but I checked that it works first.   
      
   I can confirm that for some reason, the utility partition, for whatever   
   reason is not listed in grub, but it IS mounted and shows on the   
   desktop.   
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