On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:04:25 -0800 (PST)
J Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am using GRUB bootloader to load various OSes on a machine. The machine is
> set to boot from hdb. For some reason anytime I want to boot Windoze (loaded
> on hda1) I get garbled text and the machine locks up. I figure there is a
> flaw in the menu.lst syntax for the WinXP entry. Can someone take a look at
> the following and tell me what the problem is. Tx for any help.
>
> ----
>
> <truncated beginning of file>title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel
> 2.4.27-2-686
> root (hd1,1)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-686 root=/dev/hdb2 ro
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-686
> savedefault
> boot
>
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-686 (recovery mode)
> root (hd1,1)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-686 root=/dev/hdb2 ro single
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-686
> savedefault
> boot
>
> ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
>
> # This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
> # ones.
> title Other operating systems:
> root
>
>
> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
> # on /dev/hda1
> title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> rootnoverify (hd1,0)
^^^^^^^
Are you really sure windoze is on hda1? Because this points at hdb1. For hda1
you need (hd0,0)
Andrei
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