Re: [SLE] dual-boot, parted, grub, and no XP [SOLVED]
From: Brian C (brianwc_at_OCF.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: 09/02/04
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Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 10:35:33 -0700 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
brianwc@OCF.Berkeley.EDU wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have the problem described in the SuSE knowledge base here:
> http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/05/fhassel_windows_not_booting91.html
>
> That is, with Windows XP installed, I did an ftp install on another
> partition of SuSE 9.1, and used parted to make changes to the partition
> table, and now GRUB does not even list Windows XP on boot, so that I can
> only boot into SuSE.
>
> I am following the instructions linked above and have encountered a
problem.
>
> Near the end of the CD-Rom driver-update process the knowledge base says:
>
> "After completing the driver update, click "Back"."
>
> When I do this it asks for CD 1 of the SuSE installation discs, and so I
> put in my FTP Install CD-Rom. This does'nt work and SuSE insists that I
> have not really inserted CD 1 of the install discs. Consequently, I never
> get to view the broken partition table to try to repair it.
>
> Will the FTP disc not work for this driver update process? If I download
> and burn the SuSE-personal-9.1 iso would that work? Thanks for any tips.
It turns out that the personal disc is required and does work. In this
case though, it said my partition table was fine. Instead, what I had to
do was edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to add a section for Windows XP. The one
that worked was five lines and read:
###This is a comment before the Win XP section
title Windows XP Pro
root (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1
Keep in mind that grub numbers starting with 0, so hd0 is your first
drive and the ',1' refers to the SECOND partition. I had to do this
because it was a Dell Latitude D600 which has a first partition
containing some sort of Dell repair system, and my XP partition was
actually the second one.
> Brian
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