On 3/19/06, Robert Welz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
..
> Hi.
> You don't have to format your windows partition, you don't even toch it.
> Just format /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
> and /dev/hda2 and install gentoo on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 as
> described in the handbook.
>
> When gentoo is installed completely you just edit grub.conf and you are
> fine:
> Add
> title Windows
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> chainloader +1
>
> and you can boot into Windows.
>
> Robert
..
Thanks, Robert. Before doing anything, I just wanted to make sure
that I have it right.
localhost ~ #
localhost ~ #
localhost ~ #
localhost ~ #
localhost ~ # cat /boot/grub/grub.conf -n
1 default 0
2 timeout 30
3 splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
4 title=Gentoo Linux
5 root (hd0,1)
6 kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/ram0
init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda4
7 initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5
localhost ~ # cat grub.conf -n
1 default 0
2 timeout 30
3 splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
4 title=Gentoo Linux
5 root (hd0,1)
6 kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/ram0
init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda4
7 initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5
8
9 title Windows
10 rootnoverify (hd0,0)
11 chainloader +1
localhost ~ # date
Tue Mar 21 14:40:40 GMT 2006
localhost ~ #
So, just replace /boot/grub/grub.conf with /root/grub.conf , yes?
All is well with gentoo :)
thanks,
Thufir
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