> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2003/12/15 Mon PM 12:21:03 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual booting Win XP with GRUB > > 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. > > --
Yes, I hosed the boot partition. Windows will not boot at all :( Thanks for the tip about bootdisk.com. The restore files that came with my computer (the restoration drive) are 6 CDs, but all that the system wants to do with them is a format and re-install -- wiping out all my data files. If the the windows boodisk from bootdisk.com won't fix my problem, I'm either going to have to recompile my gentoo kernel with NTFS support and create a FAT partition on hdb to copy files to while I do the format and reload of hda or install Win2K on hdb to copy and save my files while I do the format and reload. If linux systems would play educational CDs like "The Magic School Bus" and others that my boy likes, I would simply ditch windows entirely. John -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
