On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:42 AM, thveillon.debian < thveillon.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Bernard Fay wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Masood <masood...@gmail.com > > <mailto:masood...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Steve Reilly > > <sfrei...@roadrunner.com <mailto:sfrei...@roadrunner.com>> wrote: > > > > Bernard Fay wrote: > > > > > title Windows XP > > > rootnoverify (hd2,0) > > > chainloader +1 > > > makeactive > > > > > > if im not mistaken the rootnoverify line should be (hd0.1) not > > (hd2,0), > > at least thats what mine is that works fine. > > > > > > As Steve pointed out, (hd2,0) seems unusual unless you have 3 hard > > drives of which the third has Windows XP on it. If you can boot into > > Lenny try running the following as root to find out where your XP > > installation is located: > > > > # fdisk -l > > > > Regrads, > > Masood > > > > > > > > Oh sorry! I should have told you. Yes, I have 3 disks: 2 SATA for > > Linux and 1 EIDE for Windows. This is why I have (hd2,0). This is > > correct, yes? > > I use to have ubuntu which use lilo and that was working fine. Maybe, I > > should go back to lilo but I rather stay with grub being more > > powerful.... usually! > > > > Thanks again > > > > > > strontium:~# fdisk -l > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disk identifier: 0x00042142 > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 * 1 20 160618+ 83 Linux > > /dev/sda2 21 9729 77987542+ 8e Linux LVM > > > > Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disk identifier: 0x4bcf667c > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdb1 1 60801 488384001 8e Linux LVM > > > > Disk /dev/hdc: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disk identifier: 0x000cf2ea > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hdc1 * 1 7475 60042906 7 HPFS/NTFS > > > > > > > > Hi, you could try to use the grup "map" command to make winxp happy by > "thinking" is on the first partition of the first disk : > > title Windows XP > map (hd0,0) (hd2,0) > map (hd2,0) (hd0,0) > rootnoverify (hd2,0) > chainloader +1 > > > If it doesn't work, double check in your bios the disks boot order, as I > have seen strange behaviors when sata and (p)ata disks are mixed on the > same motherboard. > > Tom > > > Bingo! You got it right Tom! Thanks a lot
