(hd0,4) didn't work, but that is the right entry. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Paul Saenz <forensicneoph...@gmail.com>wrote:
> You are right Randal grub cannot work unless you write (hd0,4) in this > case. > Windows requires a primary drive to boot from, from what I have read. > And before I nstalled crunchbang, it had a primary partition to boot from. > The xp on (hd0,1) was piggybacking off of the primay partittion (hd0,0). > Nevertheless, I will try (hd0,4) and let you know what happens. > If it turns out that I am wrong, I won't be upset. > I'm just basing my conclusions on what I have read. > > Thanks > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Randall Whitman <909li...@whizman.com>wrote: > >> > root (hd0,1) >> > makeactive >> > chainloader +1 >> > and I commented out the hidemenu entry >> > I also tried (hd0,5) Neither worked. >> > It says (hd0,1) because windows is on the second partition, >> > which is really hd5 because it is and extended partition. >> >> Try (hd0,4) - I think grub counts 0-based whereas partition table >> counts 1-based - yes, according to the comments in my /boot/grub/menu.lst >> . >> >> > It didn't work, and me thinks it's >> > because xp has to be a primary partition. >> >> That may be. Furthermore, if you want to dual-boot MS-Win-XP & Linux, >> i'd put Win-XP on /dev/hda1 and install Win-XP first, Linux second. >> >> =========== >> >> # (excerpt from /boot/grub/menu.lst) >> >> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing >> # linux installation on /dev/sda10. >> title linux-nonfb (on /dev/sda10) >> root (hd0,9) >> kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda10 splash=silent >> resume=/dev/hda1 >> initrd /boot/initrd.img >> savedefault >> boot >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > >
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