On 22/04/06, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've done this on SATA and IDE drives and combos of > the same and I never got XP to boot unless I used > rootnoverify (hd0,0). Macro$haft insists on being > first in my experience. FWIW.
The map command bypasses that little problem, by virtually fooling the M$Windoze OS to see that it is in the first hard drive. > Make a grub boot disk(if you haven't already) and > practice until you find the proper sequence of > commands; then you can put them into a conf file and > do a grub-install. I'd do that first. A false move > could wipe out your MBR. So would an 'intentional' move to install Grub in the MBR of the first device. A boot floppy is handy, but as long as Grub boots normally you can press 'c' to drop into a command prompt and use find to find whatever partition you're after, or 'e' to edit individual entries in the menu, until the particular OS boots. > As I recall I completey destroyed the boot partition > on a brand new HD while fumbling with GRUB. But it was > still under warranty "Whew!" Using the fixmbr command from a WinXP installation CD would restore it. Better though to install Grub's boot code in the MBR. BTW, the fixboot command will restore the partition boot sector in a hosed WinXP partition. None of this will help with a hardware failure of course, and I am at a loss as to how any software manipulation that Grub can perform would damage a hard drive. In conclusion, I agree with Christopher's suggestion that the only way to make WinXP boot from any other than the first drive is to use the map command. A point to note is that WinXP is installed on the third device so instead of hd1, hd0 you may want to try hd2, hd0. Good luck. -- Regards, Mick -- [email protected] mailing list
