On 07/17/2010 04:00 AM, Dick Roark wrote: > I have two disks, one contains Fedora 12 and the other contains > Windows XP. Both boot and run individually in the same computer (by > swapping cables). I am trying to set up a dual boot using GRUB but > I'm having some problems. Here is my grub.conf file: > > # 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/mapper/vg_shorty-lv_root > > # initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img > > # boot=/dev/sda > > default=2 > > timeout=15 > > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > # hiddenmenu > > title Fedora (2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686.PAE) > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686.PAE ro > root=/dev/mapper/vg_shorty-lv_root LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet > > initrd /initramfs-2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686.PAE.img > > title Fedora (2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.PAE) > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.PAE ro > root=/dev/mapper/vg_shorty-lv_root LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet > > initrd /initramfs-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.PAE.img > > title Windows XP > > root (hd1,2) > > makeactive > > chainloader +1 > > > Here's the fdisk output: > > [root@shorty droark]# fdisk -l > > > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500106780160 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disk identifier: 0x0001c9cc > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 * 1 26 204799+ 83 Linux > > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > /dev/sda2 26 60802 488179712 8e Linux LVM > > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > > Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500106780160 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disk identifier: 0x076d076c > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdb1 1 26 204799+ 83 Linux > > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > /dev/sdb2 * 26 60802 488179650 7 HPFS/NTFS > > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > > Disk /dev/dm-0: 494.3 GB, 494307115008 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60096 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disk identifier: 0x00000000 > > > Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table > > > Disk /dev/dm-1: 5586 MB, 5586812928 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 679 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disk identifier: 0x00000000 > > > Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table > > > Disk /dev/sdc: 1812.1 GB, 1812124903424 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 220311 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disk identifier: 0x5044b1a4 > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdc1 * 1 121601 976760001 7 HPFS/NTFS > > [root@shorty droark]# > > > Eventually I have tried every combination for the disk/partition on > the NTFS disk. While the "Windows XP" option always appears in the > GRUB options, the option fails each time with something like "disk not > found". When that happens, I can still select the Fedora kernel and > away we happily go. > > Sorry for the bother and thanks for anything. > > Dick > You have only 2 partitions on disk containing windows, yet you say: title Windows XP root (hd1,2) makeactive chainloader +1 Since grub partition numbers start at 0, and windows is on partition 1, your entry root (hd1,2) needs to change to root (hd1,1) Try it and let us know. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
