grub problems - dual boot with XP

From: Alistair Bryan (abryan_at_removeThisBit-tsimshatsui.co.uk)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 12:22:01 +0000

Hi there,

I've recently installed Suse Linux 9.1 on a second hard disk and find
that I can't boot into it.

My intention was to create floppy and to boot Linux from there. I found
some info on how to do this in a GRUB faq
(http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html) as follows:-

    1. Create a filesystem in your floppy disk (e.g. mke2fs /dev/fd0).
    2. Mount the floppy on somewhere, say, /mnt.
    3. Copy the GRUB images to the directory /mnt/boot/grub. Only
stage1, stage2 and menu.lst are necessary. You may not copy *stage1_5.
    4. Unmount the floppy.
    5. Run the following commands (note that the executable grub may
reside in a different directory in your system, for example, /usr/sbin):

/sbin/grub --batch --device-map=/dev/null <<EOF
device (fd0) /dev/fd0
root (fd0)
setup (fd0)
quit
EOF

The menu.lst file was generated by Yast during installation and copied
as instructed after booting Linux from the cd and using the rescue
option. As far as I can see the menu.lst file is looking for Linux on
the second hard disk((hd1,2))

Booting from the floppy doesn't seem to do anything. The graphical menu
doesn't appear and the computer boots directly into Windows.

Any assistance gratefully received.

Thanks in advance

Alistair

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