Hey, On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:44 PM, KESHAV P.R. <skodab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 21:16, Vincent Torri <vincent.to...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I have a computer with one HD. I installed Windows 7 (My computer is an > HP > > Z600 Workstation, the Windows 7 seems to be an HP specific one). Then I > > installed Arch Linux. cfdisk shows this: > > > > > > Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] > Size > > (MB) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Unusable > > 1.05* > > sda1 Boot Primary HPFS/NTFS > > 2146.44* > > sda2 Primary ntfs [OS] > > 82220.77* > > sda3 Primary ext3 [/] > > 40961.90* > > sda5 Logical swap > > 8192.38* > > sda6 Logical ext3 [/boot] > > 296.12* > > sda7 Logical ext3 [/home] > > 26220.64* > > > > Note that strange unusable first part (because HP does strange things > during > > Windows 7 installation ??). I edited the grub menu.lst file. The only > thing > > i modified is uncommenting the Windows part. Here is what I have: > > > > That is not a partition. You have crossed the 4 primary partition > limit (3 Primary and 1 extended partition in your system) for MBR > partitioning. So cfdisk shows that free space as unusable. > you are right :-) > > > > > # (2) Windows 7 > > title Windows 7 > > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > > savedefault > > makeactive > > chainloader +1 > > > > > > When I reboot my computer and select the Windows 7 item, I get the > mesage: > > > > grub file system type unknown > > partition type 07 > > > > According to your system, (hd0,0) is correct. Can you try chainloader > (hd0,0)+1 instead of chainloader +1 . I use grub2 so I cant be of much > help here. I also use Archlinux x86_64. Best place to ask would be > #archlinux in irc freenode . > > BTW https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Dual_booting_with_Windows > mentions > I searched in the wiki, but it seems i missed that. > > title Windows > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > makeactive #if you use Windows7 this line should be commented out > -----------> did you read this? > chainloader +1 > > And you are right again :-) It works perfectly, now, thank you ! Vincent Torri
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