Re: grub won't but XP
Bernard Fay wrote:
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> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Masood <masoodbeh@gmail.com
> <mailto:masoodbeh@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Steve Reilly
> <sfreilly@roadrunner.com <mailto:sfreilly@roadrunner.com>> wrote:
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> Bernard Fay wrote:
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> > title Windows XP
> > rootnoverify (hd2,0)
> > chainloader +1
> > makeactive
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> if im not mistaken the rootnoverify line should be (hd0.1) not
> (hd2,0),
> at least thats what mine is that works fine.
>
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> As Steve pointed out, (hd2,0) seems unusual unless you have 3 hard
> drives of which the third has Windows XP on it. If you can boot into
> Lenny try running the following as root to find out where your XP
> installation is located:
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> # fdisk -l
>
> Regrads,
> Masood
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> Oh sorry! I should have told you. Yes, I have 3 disks: 2 SATA for
> Linux and 1 EIDE for Windows. This is why I have (hd2,0). This is
> correct, yes?
> I use to have ubuntu which use lilo and that was working fine. Maybe, I
> should go back to lilo but I rather stay with grub being more
> powerful.... usually!
>
> Thanks again
>
>
> strontium:~# fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x00042142
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 20 160618+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda2 21 9729 77987542+ 8e Linux LVM
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x4bcf667c
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdb1 1 60801 488384001 8e Linux LVM
>
> Disk /dev/hdc: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x000cf2ea
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hdc1 * 1 7475 60042906 7 HPFS/NTFS
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Hi, you could try to use the grup "map" command to make winxp happy by
"thinking" is on the first partition of the first disk :
title Windows XP
map (hd0,0) (hd2,0)
map (hd2,0) (hd0,0)
rootnoverify (hd2,0)
chainloader +1
If it doesn't work, double check in your bios the disks boot order, as I
have seen strange behaviors when sata and (p)ata disks are mixed on the
same motherboard.
Tom
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