Dual boot issue: GRUB/NTLDR etc.
- From: BlueGecko <bluegeckoNoSpmAbse@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:18:39 GMT
I'm deeeeply frustrated, guys... :o(
I'm struggling to dual boot my Debian Sarge with a pre-existing Windoz XP. After seeking any good info all 'round the web, I'm begging your attention...
I tried this sequence of approaches:
1) I installed GRUB over the master boot record (as the debian installer option suggests in order to override the Windoz default boot manager, aka NTLDR): the installer hanged up for an indefinite time (frozen?), so it was necessary to restart the system (brute force!), while NTLDR was yet there alive 'n' kicking (GRUB installation failed);
2) I installed GRUB in the debian root partition, adding its boot sector to the NTLDR via bootpart utility: at boot time I was able to select "Linux" from the bootable OS list, but NTLDR just looped back to the same list, without starting GRUB;
3) desperate, I installed GRUB on a floppy disk: at boot time it came with this error message: "GRUB Geom Error". I checked the BIOS, finding that the Debian hard disk is properly detected as secondary IDE master, and it's LBA-enabled; the BIOS is recent (AM-BIOS 2.54), as the whole machine (Intel Pentium 4 3GHz, 512 MB RAM)...
Wahhhh!
My configuration is: Motherboard: ASUS P4P800-X; Primary IDE master: LG CD-ROM CRD; Primary IDE slave: Western Digital DVD-RW SOHW; Secondary IDE master (hdc): Maxtor 6B160P0 (PATA 160GB); Secondary IDE slave: (void); 3rd IDE master (hde): Western Digital WD1200JD (SATA 120GB); 4th IDE master: (void).
Windoz XP is in 3rd IDE master (hde), while Debian Sarge is in Secondary IDE master (hdc) with 2 partitions (root and swap).
This situation is dismaying me...
Any suggestion? MANY THANKS
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