> root        (hd0,1)
> makeactive
> chainloader    +1
> and I commented out the hidemenu entry
> I also tried (hd0,5) Neither worked.
> It says (hd0,1) because windows is on the second partition,
> which is really hd5 because it is and extended partition.

Try (hd0,4) - I think grub counts 0-based whereas partition table
counts 1-based - yes, according to the comments in my /boot/grub/menu.lst .

> It didn't work, and me thinks it's
> because xp has to be a primary partition.

That may be.  Furthermore, if you want to dual-boot MS-Win-XP & Linux,
i'd put Win-XP on /dev/hda1 and install Win-XP first, Linux second.

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# (excerpt from /boot/grub/menu.lst)

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda10.
title           linux-nonfb (on /dev/sda10)
root            (hd0,9)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda10 splash=silent resume=/dev/hda1 
initrd          /boot/initrd.img
savedefault
boot
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