On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 15:57 +0200, Mitja Mihelic wrote: > I think the first problem appeared when you chose not to let Grub handle > the booting. > It would have been much easyer to let Grub to be written to the MBR. > > I would do the following: > - boot into rescue mode from CD/DVD > - mount the root partition of yout linux installation > - chroot into the mounted system > - add the following line to /boot/grub/grub.conf : > title Windows > rootnoverify (hd0,1) > chainloader +1 > - do not forget to change "hd0" if your windows installation is not on > the frist partition > - run "grub-install /dev/hda", replacing hda with another device if needed > -done > > Or you could try running the normal installation again and choosing the > "repair" option and let it install Grub to the MBR. > > Mitja > I agree with the above but want to point out that grub can be made to boot windows as the default OS. Look at the default option in grub.conf > -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
