Hiya! I dualboot Linux and Windows XP on this computer. At least I try to. The problem is, GRUB refuses to boot up WinXP here. Complains (if I remember correctly) about illegal devices. Windows XP is on a logical partition and GRUB can't seem to be able to get at it.
Here's the file system as reported by fdisk: Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 13 104391 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 14 24320 195245977+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 14 140 1020096 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 * 141 10339 81923436 b W95 FAT32 /dev/sda7 10340 24320 112302351 83 Linux And the fstab: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sda7 / reiserfs notail 0 1 /dev/sda6 /windows vfat defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 This is my work computer and I had a wholly different partitioning in mind, but, meh, the guys at the shop can't read and I unfortunately don't have the time to reinstall everything. The problem, then, seems to be that GRUB (0.95, Ubuntu) can't read the Windows partition. Linux itself can. In fact I have it mounted right now. The entry for booting Linux reads: title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.12-10-386 root (hd0,6) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-10-386 root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-10-386 savedefault boot This, however, doesn't seem to be working: title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,5) chainloader +1 makeactive boot Could someone point me in the right direction as to what I need to do in order to boot WinXP? Elver _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub