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   From: Goeroeboeroe    
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:10:35 +0100   
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   Op Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:09:46 +0000, schreef SINNER:   
      
   > * »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.   
      
   Yes, you're right. I wiped it, but until I did that it did show on the   
   desktop.   
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