On Saturday, July 17, 2010 02:25:52 pm JB did opine: > Gene Heskett <gene.heskett <at> gmail.com> writes: > > On Saturday, July 17, 2010 10:49:34 am JB did opine: > > > Dick Roark <linuxguy.sg <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > root (hd1,2) > > > > makeactive > > > > chainloader +1 > > > > > > Hi, > > > please edit file > > > > > > # vi /etc/grub.conf > > > > > > and make sure that your Windows section reads like > > > > ===================> > > > > > title Windows XP > > > rootnoverify (hd1,1) > > > makeactive > > > chainloader +1 > > > > ===================> > > Will this same sequence work with a linux install that uses grub 2? > > > > > File it and reboot. > > > > > > For your info: > > > The rootnoverify option tells GRUB to not try to verify the root of > > > the OS. This avoids load errors if the file system is not supported > > > by GRUB. JB > > > > Thanks. > > Hi, > with grub2 it is a different story. > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2 > par 1.1 Notes for current GRUB users > ... > Device naming has changed between GRUB and GRUB2. Partitions are > numbered from 1 instead of 0 while drives are still numbered from 0. > For example, /dev/sda1 would be referred to as (hd0,1) using GRUB2. I had already run into that, thanks. > ... > > http://grub.enbug.org/CommandList > Command | GRUB Legacy | GRUB 2 | Comments > ... > root yes replaced now a variable > rootnoverify yes no useless and ignored I assume. But what then causes the grub2 stuff to be loaded from /dev/sdX's MBR and a restart then done using grub2's menu's? The "chainloader + 1" I have previously tried and wasn't able to make it work, with or without spaces surrounding the '+'. Probably a typu on my part, but the docs, what there is, are exceedingly sparse on the rules and syntax to make grub actually do its dance. > JB Thanks, JB. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Set the cart before the horse. -- John Heywood -- 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