On 12/15/03 9:21 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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! I found what I needed at bootdisk.com. My Windows side is happy again. Thanks! Now, after I do a little more cleaning on my windows, I go back to trying to persuade GRUB to boot both systems ;-) John -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
