FC2 test 1 dual boot

[Jim Cornette]

Mike Lurk wrote:
> Has anyone else had this problem. I installed FC2 test 1 on a dual boot
> system. Windows xp was installed first and then fc2 creating the
> partitions manually, /boot, /swap, and /. This was done on a 40 gig hard
> drive, giving 20gig to windows and the rest for fc2. I had a second hard
> drive with all my important stuff on a 10gig hard drive which I mount
> after booting to fc2. When I try to boot to Windows I get;
> 
> Other
>         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>         chainloader +1
> 
> on the screen and thats it. When I check the partitions with linux fdisk
> it all looks normal;
> 
>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *           1       40641    20482843+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda2           40642       40844      102312   83  Linux
> /dev/hda3           40845       77332    18389952   83  Linux
> /dev/hda4           77333       77536      102816    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5           77333       77535      102280+  82  Linux swap
> 
> but then when i try dos's fdisk i get
> 
> 1. non dos partition
> 2. non dos partition
> 3. extended partition
> 4. fat32
> 
> and this is in my grub.conf
> 
> # 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 (hd0,1)
> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
> default=0
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Fedora Core (2.6.1-1.65)
>         root (hd0,1)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.1-1.65 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.1-1.65.img
> title Other
>         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>         chainloader +1

With dual hard disks. I had to use the excerpt from grub to boot XP

  title Windows NT / Windows 95 boot menu
      root        (hd0,0)
      makeactive
      chainloader +1

The rootnoverify excerpt didn't work for the dual hard disks.

> 
> I see a problem here with the differences in linux's version of fdisk
> and dos's, the way in which the partitions are setup. I've tried
> installing the dual boot 3 times and all 3 times it's been the same
> outcome.
> 
> I filed a bug report in Bugzilla and it is bug 115980
> 
> I just thought of something..... it couldn't make a difference...it
> shouldn't... jumper settings on the hard drives set to cable
> select??????
> 

Master and slave settings work for me, better than cable select. This 
might cause a problem also.

> Checking this out.......later
> 
> Mike
> 
> 

Jim