Thanks for the additional insight. However, I did post an easier solution using the map-drive parameter in lilo.conf.
Joel On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 05:01:21PM -0500, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > > Joel Hammer wrote: > > > >> I suspect this may have to do with the fact that windows doesn't like > >> being > >> on the third (ID2) hard drive, especially since when I installed XP on > >> this > >> drive it was IDE0. > > There's another idea that rushed into my mind during a nice walk with my > dog: > The boot.ini file from your XP install now is in /dev/hdc0, isn't it, > after you have moved the drive? And probably there is a line in it like > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)\WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect > pointing to the first partition on ide0 (and probably a similar line > starting with 'default'). > Now your Windows XP is in ide2, but boot.ini still points to ide0. So, > if you can mount /dev/hdc1 in read/write (it's not ntfs?), change the > occurance(s) of rdisc(0) to rdisc(2). > If you can't mount hdc1 r/w, perhaps you can change the boot.ini with a > rescue console starting from your XP installation CD. > Klaus > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
