Re: dual boot 1 drive

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Timothy Payne wrote:
> I've tried (hd0,0) no luck
> 
> 
> # 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/hda2
> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
> default=0
> timeout=60
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2849.fc6)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6.img
> title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img
> title Win 98
>         rootnoverify (hd1,0)     
>         chainloader +1
> 
> 
> [root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l
> 
> Disk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41174138880 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5005 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1               1          13      104391   83  Linux
> /dev/hda2              14        3200    25599577+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda3   *        3201        5005    14498662+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> [root@localhost ~]# 
> 
> On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 06:31 -0800, oldman wrote:
> Timothy Payne wrote:
>>>> I've done it with 2 drives no problem.  FC 6 is first, Win98 second and
>>>> both work.  Grub won't boot the Win98, and I must have tried 10
>>>> suggestions from the web.  This is my last hope.
>>>>
>>>> Tim...
>>>>
> Well I think I'll need more information please!
> 
> What is the output of /sbin/fdisk -l (that is a lower case "L" and run
> as root)
> Please post your /boot/grub/grub.conf
> Just to be sure, post your /boot/grub/device.map file too
> What exactly do you see when you try to boot Windows?
> 
> Maybe someone else knows for sure, but I recall that various earlier
> versions of windows needed to be the first partition on the first drive
> of a system.  Did you ever have your system with Win98 as the second
> partition with no other OS on the drive?
> 
> Scott
>>

	rootnoverify (hd0,2)

Grub starts counting partitions and drives with 0 so hd0,2 is the first
drive of the first hdd controller and the third partition partition on
that drive which is equal to fdisk's hda3

Good luck

Scott


P.S.  You should keep responses on the mailing list so that others can
see answers too.  I'll forward this to the list


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