RE: I can't boot Windows XP with Grub loader.
From: Rene Enriquez (shyfire_at_azrael.caltech.edu)
Date: 09/30/03
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To: <redhat-list@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:42:29 -0700
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Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 10:48 AM
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Subject: RE: I can't boot Windows XP with Grub loader.
On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 13:37, Otto Haliburton wrote:
> You are saying here that if it was the C:\ drive(confusing). I think
that
> win98, winME etc. aren't able to configure with any drive letter other
than
> c, but winNT and win2k can. I don't know that winXP can so I hope
that what
> you are saying is true.
>
Let me clarify. When I first had this box, it was a Win98 box that was
upgraded to a Win2k box. When I decided that I wanted Linux on the
system, rather than try to fiddle more room out of the current drive, I
used a spare hard drive I had. I installed that as the primary and the
Windows drive as the slave. Then in grub.conf, I used the map command so
that Windows would still think it was the C: drive. Another option was
to edit the c:\boot.ini file on Win2k and make changes to the drive and
partition info, but this was much easier. I also had set aside a small
partition on the slave for FAT. This way, I can mount the FAT drive from
either the Linux side or the Win2k side. This allows for moving files
between the systems since Linux can't write to an NTFS mounted
filesystem. (Supposedly, you can make changes in the kernel to allow for
NTFS mounts read-only, but why bother if you can't write.)
My second system was a little easier as it was a fresh system that I
built. I bought a large hard drive and split the drive between the
systems and installed XP first. Since they are both on the same drive,
no issues with the mapping.
Just a little helpful hint, from your Uncle Ed!
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this method works for me...boot.ini is to confusing for me
title Windows XP
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify(hd1,0)
chainloader +1
-rene
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