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List:       opensolaris-discuss
Subject:    Re: [osol-discuss] eSATA works fine?
From:       Orvar Korvar <knatte_fnatte_tjatte () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2011-03-16 15:22:27
Message-ID: 629074975.3931300314183096.JavaMail.Twebapp () sf-app1
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Ok, progress report:

I installed an eSATA pci-express card and everything is fine. On my system disk, I \
have WinXP and S11e, and I can choose between them from GRUB. 

I have now attached an eSATA external disk and installed Win7 on it. The external \
eSATA disk must be powered on upon boot of the PC, otherwise it seems that the PC \
will not recognize the eSATA disk.

I installed Win7 on the external disk, and upon reboot, I got to choose between Win7 \
and "older windows" - which means WinXP. I can not reach GRUB (i.e. not boot \
Solaris). In WinXP I could see my Solaris partition in the disk administration \
program "Control Panel -> bla bla". I saw that WinXP partition was marked as "active" \
so I tried to set Solaris partition as "active" but could not from within WinXP.

I installed Acronis in Win7 and could now mark the Solaris partition as "active" and \
when I rebooted, I booted into GRUB! So now I could choose to boot S11e or Windows. \
If I choose to boot Windows, I see a another menu where I can choose between Win7 or \
"Older Windows" - which means WinXP. 

Thus, I have Win7 on an eSATA disk, and because my Solaris partition is "active" I \
always boot into GRUB. From there, I can boot which ever OS I want. If I power off \
the eSATA disk, I still boot into GRUB and can choose between Solaris and WinXP. \
Everything is working just as I wanted.

Over and out.
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