On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:39:13 -0800 John Gilger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/14/03 7:12 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >>>> Following the instructions in the Gentoo installation guide, I > >>> haven't> been able to get Windows XP to boot. > >>>> > >>>> Fdisk shows that hda1 is the Windows D: drive, a locked > >restoration>>> tool. hda2 is the Windows C: drive where everything > >is. hda2 is>>> bootable. > >>>> > > title Wondows XP > > rootnoverify (hd0,1) > > makeactive > > chainloader +1 > > > > This Should work. You shouldn't need the map statements, as the > > partition is on the first drive. "Map" is used when you have to > > trick windows into thinking it's the 1st drive. > > The help everyone offered is appreciated. At least now GRUB bounces > back to the menu screen instead of crashing. It still will not boot > WinXP. Could it be that GRUB doesn't work with NTFS partitions? Does > LILO? Your next step is to hide the 1st partition and unhide the 2nd. (This is from the grub info page, btw) like so: title Wondows XP unhide (hd0,1) hide (hd0,0) rootnoverify (hd0,1) makeactive chainloader +1 You state that hda1 is a locked restoration drive, is it possible that it is interfering with the operation of grub? Is it possible you hosed the boot partition with grub install? I am not too proud to admit that I've done it in the past, it tends to make that disk/partition unbootable regardless of what I did to it later... Have you been able to boot into the windows partition at all? Do you have a windows boot disk to check? You can get one at: http://www.bootdisk.com/ Good luck! -- Happiness is a hard disk. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
