[LinuxUsers] dual boot

[Paul Saenz]

(hd0,4) didn't work, but that is the right entry.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Paul Saenz <forensicneophyte at gmail.com>wrote:

> You are right Randal grub cannot work unless you write (hd0,4) in this
> case.
> Windows requires a primary drive to boot from, from what I have read.
> And before I nstalled crunchbang, it had a primary partition to boot from.
> The xp on (hd0,1) was piggybacking off of the primay partittion (hd0,0).
> Nevertheless, I will try (hd0,4) and let you know what happens.
> If it turns out that I am wrong, I won't be upset.
> I'm just basing my conclusions on what I have read.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Randall Whitman <909linux at whizman.com>wrote:
>
>> > root        (hd0,1)
>> > makeactive
>> > chainloader    +1
>> > and I commented out the hidemenu entry
>> > I also tried (hd0,5) Neither worked.
>> > It says (hd0,1) because windows is on the second partition,
>> > which is really hd5 because it is and extended partition.
>>
>> Try (hd0,4) - I think grub counts 0-based whereas partition table
>> counts 1-based - yes, according to the comments in my /boot/grub/menu.lst
>> .
>>
>> > It didn't work, and me thinks it's
>> > because xp has to be a primary partition.
>>
>> That may be.  Furthermore, if you want to dual-boot MS-Win-XP & Linux,
>> i'd put Win-XP on /dev/hda1 and install Win-XP first, Linux second.
>>
>> ===========
>>
>> # (excerpt from /boot/grub/menu.lst)
>>
>> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
>> # linux installation on /dev/sda10.
>> title           linux-nonfb (on /dev/sda10)
>> root            (hd0,9)
>> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda10 splash=silent
>> resume=/dev/hda1
>> initrd          /boot/initrd.img
>> savedefault
>> boot
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