On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 07:11 +0100, Thufir wrote: > he slave hard drive on my box is dual boot windows/linux. The master > also has linux. This makes for three OS's. Only the master hard > drive is > booting at the moment, which I'd like to fix. All data has been > backed > up. > > When I attempt to boot windows I get an excerpt > from /boot/grub/grub.conf > as follows: > > title Other > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > chainloader +1 > > > Other meaning windows (which I should change). Prior to installing > linux > to the master, windows on the slave booted fine. However, linux on > the > slave didn't boot. To expedite things I just went ahead and > installed > linux on the master, as that seemed easiest at the time. > > I know that grub can be edited, but I don't how it should be changed. > > Perhaps this is related to the MBR on hdb? I don't mind > re-installing > windows to hdb, I wanted to repartition anyhow. > > > > [root@arrakis ~]# > [root@arrakis ~]# > [root@arrakis ~]# mount -t auto -r /dev/hdb1 /mnt/win2k/ > [root@arrakis ~]# > [root@arrakis ~]# mount -t auto -r /dev/hdb4 /mnt/gentoo/lso thr > [root@arrakis ~]# Well your grub.conf looks ok. The MBR on hdb is not used. However, I am concerned about the mount commands above. Where did the gentoo come from? What exactly happens if you choose to boot Other in the grub menu? -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
