mckickflip
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here is my hard drive as it is laid out:
Model: ATA HITACHI HTS72202 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 200GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 512B 41.1MB 41.1MB primary ext3 boot
2 41.1MB 4343MB 4302MB primary linux-swap
3 4343MB 12.2GB 7872MB primary ext3
4 12.2GB 200GB 188GB extended
5 12.2GB 77.2GB 65.0GB logical xfs
6 77.2GB 200GB 123GB logical ntfs
I have Archlinux installed on the three primary partitions and the XFS logical partition (1-5). I had the 6th reserved for a Windows installation. The problem is, I can't install either XP or Vista. If I try to install XP, and only XP SP2 64-Bit actually makes it to Windows Setup, it won't detect the hard drive probably because it is hardware encrypted. If I try to install vista, even if I go into Diskpart and try and activate that partition, I can't possibly get Vista to install on a logical partition - although I have heard people have been able to do it. How can I get around this issue. I know Vista will install, because the machine came with it and I've installed it before on a primary partition. If remapping the drive is my only choice, it's possible but I'd really rather not.
Model: ATA HITACHI HTS72202 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 200GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 512B 41.1MB 41.1MB primary ext3 boot
2 41.1MB 4343MB 4302MB primary linux-swap
3 4343MB 12.2GB 7872MB primary ext3
4 12.2GB 200GB 188GB extended
5 12.2GB 77.2GB 65.0GB logical xfs
6 77.2GB 200GB 123GB logical ntfs
I have Archlinux installed on the three primary partitions and the XFS logical partition (1-5). I had the 6th reserved for a Windows installation. The problem is, I can't install either XP or Vista. If I try to install XP, and only XP SP2 64-Bit actually makes it to Windows Setup, it won't detect the hard drive probably because it is hardware encrypted. If I try to install vista, even if I go into Diskpart and try and activate that partition, I can't possibly get Vista to install on a logical partition - although I have heard people have been able to do it. How can I get around this issue. I know Vista will install, because the machine came with it and I've installed it before on a primary partition. If remapping the drive is my only choice, it's possible but I'd really rather not.
