Re: Weird problem booting
- From: "iforone" <floydstestemail@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 8 Jan 2006 19:05:16 -0800
dravenloft@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I recently added a new hdd to my debian etch box that boots from GRUB.
> I decided to install win98 on the new hdd.
> After successfully getting windows installed I had a system that looked
> like this:
>
> /dev/hda = Linux
> /dev/hdb = Windows
>
> ok. Set up grub to boot windows. Windows boots, no problem. Once in
> windows though, I have NO DMA support for the ide channels, and my
> drives are all showing twice and there are 2 drives that I guess
> windows imagined.
> This isn't a good thing, nor is it corrected by rebooting or anything
> like that. So, I go back to Linux. I'm told hda1 has errors (this is
> my / partition, I didn't bother with a /boot partition), I have minor
> heart failure, run fsck from the maint mode that it so kindly provided
> for me, all checks out with no errors found and then system reboots w/o
> a single problem. This happens any time I goto windows with this
> setup.
>
> Well, this setup uses the nice normal map (hd0) (hd1) and map (hd1)
> (hd0). Well, I figure, what can it hurt to take the map of hd0 to hd1
> since it's not like windows can see the partitions on that drive
> anyhow.
> This eliminated the doubled drives interestingly enough, but all other
> issues remain... the ghost drives, the non existent DMA and the
> reported imagined errors on / at this point I scream.
>
> Alright.... out of curiosity I simply reboot telling the bios to boot
> the primary slave instead of the primary master. this works, grub is
> ignored and windows goes up directly and when I reboot set the boot
> sequence back to primary master grub displays and selecting Linux works
> w/o a single problem.
>
> I give up. What's the deal? At first I thought windows was trying to
> access /dev/hda1 and making the system think there was some sort of
> problem. This was proven wrong by bios booting windows w/o one
> problem, DMA works, no imagined drives and no need to do fsck the next
> time I go to linux. the problem is that it's bloody obnoxious to have
> to do that. I DON'T wish to put windows as the main OS because it
> isn't. It's there so I can play the Sims and run GURPS Character
> Assistant. What can I do to make this work? If it matters the Linux
> partiton is ext3, I'm pretty sure that doesn't matter... but just in
> case.
I haven't done the install in the order you have - but I probably would
have
* disconnected the Debian drive
* install new HDD as Master IDE (Create Primary partition, set as
Active)
* install 98 on that drive
* move 98 drive to Slave position (remember to set the jumpers) - and
naturally reconnect Debian as Master IDE...install grub, configure it
as you had.
As of now - check the Debian drive for files MSDOS.SYS, IO.SYS,
COMMAND.COM - if they're present remove them from Debian drive - if
these files are not present on 98 drive in C:\ (root), do a SYS: C (but
ONLY when Deb is disconnected and 98 is in Master IDE position)
.
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