On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 02:42 +0000, Paul Smith wrote:
> On 2/14/07, Tom Browder <tom.browder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I have two hard disks in my machine:
> > >
> > > * hda --> Fedora Core 6;
> > > * hdb --> Windows XP.
> > >
> > > In grub.conf, I have the following:
> > >
> > > title Windows XP
> > > rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> > > makeactive
> > > chainloader +1
> > >
> > > but I cannot boot into Windows XP. Any ideas?
> >
> > I believe that Win XP does not work on a second drive. I think your
> > best bet is to swap drives and install grub in the MBR of the new
> > /dev/hda (old /dev/hdb). Linux will happily boot on a second drive.
>
> Thanks, Tom, but how can one install grub in the MBR of the new /dev/hda?
>
> Paul
>
your XP entry in the grub should look like:
title Windows XP
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1
Note "map" which fools XP that it boots from the first partition of the
first harddisk
HTH
Calin
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