Thanks! Worked perfectly. On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 05:12, Marcel J.E. Mol wrote: > This is what I use for such cases: > > title DOS > map (hd0) (hd1) > map (hd1) (hd0) > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > boot > > Note the extra makeactive and boot lines... > > -Marcel > > On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 04:28:35AM -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote: > > Windows was installed as the master drive. > > Due to issues with Fedora C2T1 installer - I wanted to easily detach the > > windows drive whenever installing a linux distro. To facilitate that - I > > made the XP drive be the slave - and use a boot loader on a floppy > > called "gag" to boot windows, as it can switch the drive letters so the > > XP thinks it is still on C:\ and doesn't have a heart attack. > > > > That works - but I'd rather not have to insert a floppy every time I > > want to boot windows, I'd rather do it from grub. > > > > I tried adding the following to grub - which I thought would work > > (switching drive letters) based upon the documentation - but it doesn't > > seem to: > > > > title Windows XP > > map (hd0)(hd1) > > map (hd1)(hd0) > > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > > chainloader +1 > > > > Anyone know why? > > Shout the rootnoverify line refer to (hd1,0) even though I already > > have used map to switch them? > > > > -- > > Cheap Linux CD's - http://mpeters.us/linux/ > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > -- > ======-------- Marcel J.E. Mol MESA Consulting B.V. > =======--------- ph. +31-(0)6-54724868 P.O. Box 112 > =======--------- marcel@xxxxxxx 2630 AC Nootdorp > __==== www.mesa.nl ---____U_n_i_x______I_n_t_e_r_n_e_t____ The Netherlands ____ > They couldn't think of a number, Linux user 1148 -- counter.li.org > so they gave me a name! -- Rupert Hine -- www.ruperthine.com -- Cheap Linux CD's - http://mpeters.us/linux/
