figured it out -- was Re: grub fails to boot
From: Andrew (eagletalon_at_charter.net)
Date: 08/16/05
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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:10:34 -0500
Andrew wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
>
>> Grub will boot linux 9.3 (suse) just fine, but it won't boot windows xp.
>>
>> When I try to boot to windows the computer just reboots itself. I
>> never see anything from windows.. no windows xp splash screen.
>>
>> Windows is on one drive and linux is on a different hard drive. (both
>> on the same IDE cable.) If I tell the bios to boot the windows drive
>> and not the linux drive, windows boots up just fine...
>>
>> I have done some googling and from what I can tell my menu.lst file is
>> set up correctly, although this is me, *heh* I've probably missed
>> something simple again.. Could someone take a look and see what might
>> be wrong?
>>
>>
>> # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Aug 13 23:18:51 MDT 2005
>>
>> gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/message
>> timeout 8
>> default 0
>>
>>
>> title SUSE_LINUX_9.3
>> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 vga=0x314 selinux=0
>> splash=silent resume=/dev/hda2 showopts
>> initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd
>>
>>
>> title Windows
>> root (hd1,0)
>> chainloader +1
>> makeactive
>>
>>
>> title Failsafe_--_SUS
>> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 vga=normal showopts
>> ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume selinux=0 barrier=off nosmp noapic
>> maxcpus=0 3
>> initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd
>
>
>
> Forgot to add to my previous post
>
> The linux drive is the primary drive and the windows drive is my slave
> drive.
>
> When I ran suse 9.0 with LILO I was able to boot to windows or linux at
> will. Now with suse 9.3 and GRUB I can't ..
>
> What changed was the obvious move from 9.0 to 9.3 .. using GRUB instead
> of LILO .. and took out the old windows drive and put in a new bigger
> hard drive for windows. (wouldn't have replaced the drive but the old
> one was about to die.)
ahahhahahahahha I Got it..
I found some old notes that spoke about remapping drives .. the notes
were a little sketchy as to why this needed to be done.. but I new it
had something to do with booting windows..
here is the new menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Aug 13 23:18:51 MDT 2005
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/message
timeout 8
default 0
title SUSE_LINUX_9.3
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 vga=0x314 selinux=0
splash=silent resume=/dev/hda2 showopts
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd
title Windows
map (hd1) (hd0)
root (hd1,0)
chainloader +1
makeactive
title Failsafe_--_SUS
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 vga=normal showopts
ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume selinux=0 barrier=off nosmp noapic
maxcpus=0 3
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd
all I did was remap the windows drive .. to make it think is was the 1st
drive..
although it remains to be seen if any of my windows programs will have a
problem with that. But I don't see why it would, .. yet :-)
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