Questions about GRUB get asked a lot. I usually refer people to this article, which is still a pretty good primer even though it was written a few years ago:
http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue85/4622.html GRUB is really good, and it's worth your time to learn how to install it and use it. happy new year, Robert On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:45:32 -0500 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > > I have a Dell Dimension 8300 which came preloaded with XP on the first > hard drive. I added a second hard drive and installed Debian Woody on > it. I installed LILO with MBR on /dev/hdb1 which is my / partition. > I made a dos boot CD using instructions at bblcd and used loadlin to > boot into linux. Then I used the following command to create a > linux.bin file > > dd if=/dev/hdb1 of=/linux.bin bs=512 count=1 > > I copied linux.bin to /dev/hdb4 which is my vfat partition. I > rebooted the machine and logged in as root into XP. I copied the file > linux.bin to C: and added the following entry to boot.ini > > C:\linux.bin="Debian Linux" > > I rebooted again and selected "Debian Linux" from the menu. I got a > bunch of 0s and 7s filling up my whole screen but it never booted into > linux. > > I also tried GRUB with GRUB installed on /dev/hda which is my first > hard disk. Upon rebooting the words GRUB were printed at the top left > corner of the screen and the machine simply hung after that. > Ctrl-Alt-Delete got me out of that and I used the XP recovery console > to fix my MBR and restored the machine so I could boot XP. I can boot > into linux using my dos cd and loadlin but would like to boot into it > without having to do this. > > Oh and I did upgrade my bios but the problem persists. > > Any help with dual booting XP and Linux with XP boot loader will be > much appreciated. > > Regards > > Abhay > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
