Just so I can wrap up this thread for the archives... I got it working with Kevin's method (well, his description of someone else's method). I know I had it working before with just grub but for the life of me I can't remember what I did. Anyway, thanks for all your help!
later, ajay On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Kevin J. Anderson wrote: > You could also install grub into your root partition, use dd to copy the > first 512k out into a file, transfer that file to your xp c:\ root, and then > use XP's boot.ini to give you the option to boot linux instead of xp. This > is the way I have always done dual boots w/ nt/2k/xp and I find it to be > much less "dangerous" esp since windows seems to like the situtation much > better. > > I think setup (hd0,2) root (hd0,2) would be the grub commands (please > correct me if I am wrong) > > then you can use this command in linux dd if=/dev/hda3 of=/bootsect.lnx > bs=512 count=1 > transfer that file somehow over to your c:\ (floppy, ftp it somewhere else, > bring it back down, etc) > add c:\Bootsect.lnx="Gentoo Linux" to your boot.ini > > google for "boot.ini dd linux dual boot" for more info on the subject, as my > explanation is very cut and dry. > > kev > > > > ->-----Original Message----- > ->From: Jeremy Workman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ->Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:14 PM > ->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ->Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub help (hda1=winxp, hda3=linux) > -> > -> > ->I notice you said you tried "setup (hd0,0)". That would be the first > ->partition on the first hard drive (/dev/hda1). To install Grub into the > ->master boot record the command would be "setup (hd0)". > -> > ->Hope this helps. > -> > -> > ->On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:04, Ajay Sharma wrote: > ->> hey everyone, > ->> > ->> I just finished rebuilding my machine and I repartitioned my > ->box so that > ->> it looks like: > ->> > ->> /dev/hda1 = windows xp (ntfs) > ->> /dev/hda2 = linux swap > ->> /dev/hda3 = gentoo (ext3) > ->> > ->> no, I don't have a separate /boot partition. Anyway, I followed the > ->> installation instructions (excellent btw!) and I'm having problems > ->> getting grub to install on my MBR. In the grub prompt, when I type in > ->> "root(hd0,0)" it would come back with something like "unrecognized file > ->> type". After that it's pretty obvious that the "setup(hd0,0)" wasn't > ->> going to work. I then ran root(hd0,2) and that went over fine but now > ->> when I boot up it goes right into windows xp and not the grub boot > ->> loader because it's not installed on the MBR. > ->> > ->> I'd appreciate any help. > ->> > ->> Thanks, > ->> Ajay > ->> > ->> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ->> Satyajot (Ajay) Sharma > ->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ->> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ->> > ->> > ->> -- > ->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > ->> > ->> > -> > -> > ->-- > ->[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -> > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -------------------------------------------------------------------- Satyajot (Ajay) Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
