Follow-up Comment #1, bug #15618 (project grub): I am attempting to install Linux on my system such that I boot all my OSes under control of the NT Boot Loader (NTLDR).
So far I have attempted the following with 3 distros (Fedora Core 6, Mandriva 2007 & openSUSE 10.2) My Config is as follows: Drive 1 (hd0 / hda) - 2 partitions: Windows98SE (FAT32) on Primary (11 gb), 2nd FAT32 data Partition (29 gb) Drive 2 (hd1 / hdb) - 2 partitions: Windows XP SP2 (NTFS) on Primary (11 gb), 2nd Free partition for Linux (29 gb) On install I use the default partitioning suggested in all three cases: Fedora Core 6 creates an Extended partition with 4 logical partitions: 1. hdb5 - swap 2. hdb6 - /boot 3. hdb7 - / (slash) 4. hdb8 - /home Mandriva 2007 and openSUSE 10.2 creates an Extended partition with 3 logical partitions: 1. hdb5 - swap 2. hdb6 - / (slash) (includes boot) 3. hdb7 - /home On each of the distros above I declined the suggestion to load GRUB in the MBR and opted instead to load GRUB in the partition containing the boot directory (i.e. hdb6). On completion of install I boot into Linux (using a GRUB boot CD / floppy). I then wrote the resulting boot sector to my windows partition using: dd if=/dev/hdb6 bs=512 count=1 of=/windows/C/Linux.lnx I then added the following line at the end of my boot.ini file on drive C: C:\Linux.lnx="My Linux OS" On attempting to boot into Linux using the NT Boot Loader and selecting Linux, the Boot: Screen just says 'GRUB'and then the boot hangs. I used a third party utility called bootpart (http://www.winimage.com/bootpa26.zip) to create a linux boot sector to replace the one created by dd and that was able to boot my Linux OS(es) successfully from the NT Bootloader. This clearly suggests a problem either with dd or GRUB. I have tried all 3 approaches to installing GRUB without any success. These being: 1. The Boot loader selection process at Install time. 2. grub-install (hd1,6) 3. grub> root (hd1,6) grub> setup (hd1,6) grub> quit _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?15618> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
