Another GRUB problem

From: Ken Heard (ken_at_heard.name)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:40:30 -0500

     I have a P4 machine with one hard drive at first. I installed
Linux RH8 on that drive: hda. However, after using Linux for some
months I decided I needed a dual boot.

        First I installed a second hard drive, hdb. I would like to install
Windows on this drive and configure GRUB accordingly.

     I consulted the Linux+Win9x+Grub HOWTO by Joel Rosen dated
2002-01-10 as to how to install a dual boot after Linux has been
installed in hda. As I expected, his instructions did not work for me.

     He instructs adding the following to grub.conf to take into account
my hard drive setup:

title Windows 98 booted from hard drive
         map (hd0,0) (hd1,0)
         map (hd1,0) (hd0,0)
         rootnoverify (hd1,0)
         chainloader +1
title Windows 98 booted from CD-ROM
         map (hd0,0) (hd1,0)
         map (hd1,0) (hd0,0)
         chainloader (scd0) +1
title DOS booted from floppy
         map (hd0,0) (hd1,0)
         map (hd1,0) (hd0,0)
         chainloader (fd0) +1

     Since Windows is not installed yet, I need to boot and install it
either from the CD-ROM or boot DOS from the floppy and then partition
and format the hdb and finally to install windows. (I plan to install
two partitions on hdb.)

     When the GRUB menu appears, when I highlight the last title and
then install the floppy in the drive I get error message 1: "Filename
must be either an absolute filename or blocklist"

     Has anybody any idea as to what is wrong?

     I expect that the title "Windows 98 booted from hard drive" will
work once Windows is installed there. I suppose I could temporarily
disconnect hda, make hdb hda, and install Windows 98 on what is now hda.
  I then could reconnect hda and make the drive Windows is on hdb and
see whether GRUB would do its thing. I would however like to be able to
install Win 98 without fiddling with the hardware. 

-- 
                 Ken Heard

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