Re: Suse 9.2 and Windows XP.

From: Alberto (alberto.begal_at_libero.it)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:30:42 GMT

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 07:42:52 -0600, MR <kakomo123@nospam.bazare> wrote:

> Hi Alberto,
>
> Look in /boot/grub/menu.lst what is in.
> It should be something like this
> title Windows
> root (hd0,0)
> chainloader +1
>
> Where (hd0,0) can be different, depends on what hard disk you are using
> to
> boot in XP. First number after hd is hard disk number, second is
> partition,
> both are starting from 0 for first disk, and first partition.
> You have to be root to access /boot/grub/menu.lst .
>
> If this is OK, let me know.
>
>> I have a P4 3ghz PC with two hard disks. I upgraded my Suse 9.0 with 9.2
>> and tried to set the dual boot system during installation. While Linux
>> is
>> working properly, Windows isn't booting at all. The message displayed is
>> 'GRUB' on a blank screen. I analysed the disk and apparently it is a
>> HFTS
>> disk with mounting point set to Windows/C.
>> Is there someone to help me with some ideas?
>>
>> Alberto Begal
>>
>

Thanks for your reply. The full text of file menu.lst is:

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Jan 30 09:18:37 2005

color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE LINUX 9.2
     kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb2 vga=0x31a selinux=0
splash=silent resume=/dev/hdb1 desktop elevator=as showopts
     initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
     root (hd1,0)
     chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
     root (fd0)
     chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 9.2
     kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb2 showopts ide=nodma apm=off
acpi=off vga=normal noresume selinux=0 barrier=off nosmp noapic maxcpus=0
3
     initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd

It looks OK, isn't it? Now, as I posted in my second msg, whenever I
select Windows on the startup screen (the second option), I get the
following answer: Filesystem type is reiserfs, partition type 0x83.
I'm at a loss, what can I do? Formatting the disk should be the last
chance, I think.

Alberto. 

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