A bit of a problem with a Linux/XP dual boot setup...

2010-07-17 Thread JB
Gene Heskett gmail.com> writes: > > > > ===> > > > > > > > title Windows XP > > > > rootnoverify (hd1,1) > > > > makeactive > > > > chainloader +1 > > > > > > ===> > > > Will this same sequence work with a linux install that uses grub 2? > > > http://grub.enbug

Re: A bit of a problem with a Linux/XP dual boot setup...

2010-07-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday, July 17, 2010 02:25:52 pm JB did opine: > Gene Heskett gmail.com> writes: > > On Saturday, July 17, 2010 10:49:34 am JB did opine: > > > Dick Roark gmail.com> writes: > > > > root (hd1,2) > > > > makeactive > > > > chainloader +1 > > > > > > Hi, > > > please edit file > > > > > >

A bit of a problem with a Linux/XP dual boot setup...

2010-07-17 Thread JB
Gene Heskett gmail.com> writes: > > On Saturday, July 17, 2010 10:49:34 am JB did opine: > > > Dick Roark gmail.com> writes: > > > root (hd1,2) > > > makeactive > > > chainloader +1 > > > > Hi, > > please edit file > > # vi /etc/grub.conf > > and make sure that your Windows section reads li

Re: A bit of a problem with a Linux/XP dual boot setup...

2010-07-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday, July 17, 2010 10:49:34 am JB did opine: > Dick Roark gmail.com> writes: > > root (hd1,2) > > makeactive > > chainloader +1 > > Hi, > please edit file > # vi /etc/grub.conf > and make sure that your Windows section reads like ===> > title Windows XP > rootnoverify

A bit of a problem with a Linux/XP dual boot setup...

2010-07-17 Thread JB
Dick Roark gmail.com> writes: > > root (hd1,2) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > Hi, please edit file # vi /etc/grub.conf and make sure that your Windows section reads like title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd1,1) makeactive chainloader +1 File it and reboot. For your info: The rootnoverify optio

Re: A bit of a problem with a Linux/XP dual boot setup...

2010-07-17 Thread JD
On 07/17/2010 04:00 AM, Dick Roark wrote: > I have two disks, one contains Fedora 12 and the other contains > Windows XP. Both boot and run individually in the same computer (by > swapping cables). I am trying to set up a dual boot using GRUB but > I'm having some problems. Here is my grub.c

Re: A bit of a problem with a Linux/XP dual boot setup...

2010-07-17 Thread Greg Woods
On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 19:00 +0800, Dick Roark wrote: > title Windows XP > > root (hd1,2) [...] > /dev/sdb2 * 26 60802 488179650 7 HPFS/NTFS Looks like you have a "start count from 0 or 1" problem. fdisk starts with 1, grub starts with 0. So you need: root(hd1,1) ...in order to boot off s

A bit of a problem with a Linux/XP dual boot setup...

2010-07-17 Thread Dick Roark
I have two disks, one contains Fedora 12 and the other contains Windows XP. Both boot and run individually in the same computer (by swapping cables). I am trying to set up a dual boot using GRUB but I'm having some problems. Here is my grub.conf file: # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Not