Re: Can't boot into MS Windows partition
On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:21:42 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> The first partition of my second hard disk (/dev/sdb1) is occupied by
> Windows XP. It is and old install and I haven't booted into it for a
> couple of years. (I seem to remember that, when I installed Debian on
> the actual first hd (/dev/sda1), I had momentarily put the other hd off,
> but am not sure.) Now I don't manage to boot into Windows partition any
> more. /boot/grub/menu.lst properly includes
>
> title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> root (hd1,0)
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> , and it's correct I think (hd1,0) (first partition of the second hd),
> but when I try to boot into it the following appears:
>
> Booting 'Microsoft Windows XP Professional'
>
> root (hd1,0)
> Filesystem type is fat, partition type 0xc
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> and nothing happens.
(...)
You can try to manaully boot from GRUB legacy. When you are in GRUB's
menu, Jump to a console ("c") and type the commands from there. For
instance, as you seemed to swap (well, "disconnect") one of the disks
maybe you need to "map" the drives first:
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1
And "boot".
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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