On Tue, 24 May 2005 19:52:14 -0400 AJ Spagnoletti wrote: > I would like to set up my computer to use dual boot but I have run > into some trouble. The hard drive setup is as follows > > hda1 = windows Me > hdb = linux > > I have grub installed on hdb and would like my computer to boot from > it. I have changed bios to boot from hdb(linux) instead of > hda(windows) and gentoo boots without a problem. When I try to boot > windows I get a black screen and this prints out > > title=Windows ME > rootnoverify (hd1,0)
here is your problem. hda1 is (hd0,0) in grubspeak, not (hd1,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > After this prints out the boot just hangs. > > Here is my grub.conf file > > default 0 > timeout 30 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title=Windows ME > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hda3 > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > A.J. > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
