Re: grub.conf help (w/ XP)

["Marcel J.E. Mol" <marcel mesa nl>]

This is what I use for such cases:

title DOS
        map (hd0) (hd1)
        map (hd1) (hd0)
        rootnoverify (hd1,0)
        makeactive
        chainloader +1
        boot

Note the extra makeactive and boot lines...

-Marcel

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 04:28:35AM -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> Windows was installed as the master drive.
> Due to issues with Fedora C2T1 installer - I wanted to easily detach the
> windows drive whenever installing a linux distro. To facilitate that - I
> made the XP drive be the slave - and use a boot loader on a floppy
> called "gag" to boot windows, as it can switch the drive letters so the
> XP thinks it is still on C:\ and doesn't have a heart attack.
> 
> That works - but I'd rather not have to insert a floppy every time I
> want to boot windows, I'd rather do it from grub.
> 
> I tried adding the following to grub - which I thought would work
> (switching drive letters) based upon the documentation - but it doesn't
> seem to:
> 
> title Windows XP
>         map (hd0)(hd1)
>         map (hd1)(hd0)
>         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>         chainloader +1
> 
> Anyone know why?
> Shout the rootnoverify line refer to (hd1,0) even though I already
> have used map to switch them?
> 
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