On Friday 13 January 2006 14:52, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 00:02 -0500, oleksandr korneta wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have 2 hard drives in my box with linux and windows on hda and hdb > > respectfully. My grub is on mbr of hda. And windows loader is on mbr of > > hdb. I can boot with no problems into windows when I set hdb to be > > master drive. However when I try to boot into windows from current > > configuration the only message I get is > > > > chainloader +1 > > > > which is the string from the grub.conf > > Nothing more happens. > > > > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > > # > > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this > > file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that > > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. > > # root (hd0,0) > > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3 > > # initrd /initrd-version.img > > #boot=/dev/hda > > default=0 > > timeout=10 > > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > #hiddenmenu > > title Fedora Core (2.6.14-1.1637_FC4) > > root (hd0,0) > > # kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/1 vga=792 > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/1 > > initrd /initrd-2.6.14-1.1637_FC4.img > > title w2k > > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > > chainloader +1 > > > > # end of grub.conf > > Try mapping the drives as follows > > title w2k > map (hd0) (hd1) > map (hd1) (hd0) > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > chainloader +1 > > I had a similar issue and found that the Windows drive has to believe > it is the master drive (thus the mapping lines) but grub still has to > use the device as defined in /boot/grub/device.map (thus the > rootnoverify line does not change.) > Once I had figured out that intricacy I was able to do what you are trying. > > This seems to come from installing Windows on the master drive then > moving it to the slave position on the controller. If you install > windows on the drive in the slave position with another drive in the > master position the mapping seems to not be necessary. > > > and here is the content of my boot.ini > > > > [boot loader] > > timeout=3 > > default=multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT > > [operating systems] > > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 > > Professional" /fastdetect > > > > I tried to change the partition number here from 0 to 1to tell the OS > > that it is actually on the slave drive. > > > > I suspect that for some reason windows does not like to have its > > bootloader on a slave drive. This is just a pure guess (assuming that > > everything I've done is ok). But if it is true, is there any workaround > > or do I have to replace my grub with ntldr like the fellow couple > > threads above? > > > > > > -- > > regards, > > Oleksandr Korneta > > > > /The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose > > from./ Do any of the threads authors know how to use a "SUBJECT"? Tom -- Tom Taylor Linux user #263467 Federal Way, WA
