> <
sfreilly@roadrunner.com <mailto:
sfreilly@roadrunner.com>> wrote:
>
> Bernard Fay wrote:
>
> > title Windows XP
> > rootnoverify (hd2,0)
> > chainloader +1
> > makeactive
>
>
> if im not mistaken the rootnoverify line should be (hd0.1) not
> (hd2,0),
> at least thats what mine is that works fine.
>
>
> 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:
>
> # fdisk -l
>
> Regrads,
> Masood
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>