fox2mike 05/09/09 08:29:49 Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en faq.xml Log: #105013 - Fooling Windows :), thanks to rane for the patch.
Revision Changes Path 1.98 +51 -4 xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml?rev=1.98&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml?rev=1.98&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml.diff?r1=1.97&r2=1.98&cvsroot=gentoo Index: faq.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.97 retrieving revision 1.98 diff -u -r1.97 -r1.98 --- faq.xml 6 Aug 2005 11:43:49 -0000 1.97 +++ faq.xml 9 Sep 2005 08:29:49 -0000 1.98 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml,v 1.97 2005/08/06 11:43:49 swift Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml,v 1.98 2005/09/09 08:29:49 fox2mike Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/faq.xml"> @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>3.0.8</version> -<date>2005-08-06</date> +<version>3.0.9</version> +<date>2005-09-09</date> <chapter> <title>Questions:</title> @@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ <li> <uri link="#dhcp">I can't get online after rebooting. What is wrong?</uri> </li> + <li> + <uri link="#dualboot">I want to boot Windows from GRUB or LILO but it shows + only black screen. What should I do?</uri> + </li> </ul> </body> @@ -570,6 +574,50 @@ </body> </section> +<section id="dualboot"> +<title> +I want to boot Windows from grub or lilo but it shows only black screen. What +should I do? +</title> +<body> + +<p> +This is a known problem. Windows refuses to boot when it isn't installed on the +first hard drive and shows a black/blank screen. To handle this, you will have +to "fool" Windows into believing that it is installed on the first hard drive +with a little tweak in your boot loader configuration. Please note that in the +below example, Gentoo is installed on <path>hda</path> (first disk) and Windows +on <path>hdb</path> (second one). Adjust your config as needed. +</p> + +<pre caption="Example dual boot entry for Windows in grub.conf"> +title Windows XP + map (hd1) (hd0) + map (hd0) (hd1) + rootnoverify (hd1,0) + chainloader +1 +</pre> + +<pre caption="Example dual boot entry for Windows in lilo.conf"> +other=/dev/hdb1 + label=WindowsXP + table=/dev/hdb + map-drive = 0x80 + to = 0x81 + map-drive = 0x81 + to = 0x80 +</pre> + +<p> +This will make Windows believe it is installed on the first hard drive and boot +without problems. More information can be found in the <uri +link="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/DOS_002fWindows.html";>GRUB +documentation</uri> and in <c>man lilo.conf</c>, depending on the boot loader +you're using. +</p> + +</body> +</section> </chapter> <chapter> @@ -801,7 +849,6 @@ </body> </section> - </chapter> <chapter> -- [email protected] mailing list
