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Re: grub efi does not find windows



On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 16:34 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-01-29 at 04:16 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:47:33AM +0100, berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
> > > Thanks in advance for any hint about how to make me able to boot
> > > windows anew.
> > 
> > Is os-prober installed?
> 
> Doesn't a chainloader work for an efi boot?
> 
> I edit grub.cfg manually. Doesn't this work for modern efi
> machines/Windows versions anymore?
> 
> menuentry "XP"{
>     set root=(hd1,1)
>     drivemap -s hd0 hd1
>     chainloader +1
> }
> 
> A side note, IMO a Windows install only is needed to develop and/or test
> hardware. Most needed software should be available by Linux and assumed
> some hardware isn't available, a virtual install IMO is the better
      ^^^^^^^^ software
> solution. Wine often might not work, but I run Windows in VBox to use
> iTunes, I never ever would use a Windows outside a virtual machine,
> excepted of hardware development and/or testing.


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