You could also install grub into your root partition, use dd to copy the first 512k out into a file, transfer that file to your xp c:\ root, and then use XP's boot.ini to give you the option to boot linux instead of xp. This is the way I have always done dual boots w/ nt/2k/xp and I find it to be much less "dangerous" esp since windows seems to like the situtation much better.
I think setup (hd0,2) root (hd0,2) would be the grub commands (please correct me if I am wrong) then you can use this command in linux dd if=/dev/hda3 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 transfer that file somehow over to your c:\ (floppy, ftp it somewhere else, bring it back down, etc) add c:\Bootsect.lnx="Gentoo Linux" to your boot.ini google for "boot.ini dd linux dual boot" for more info on the subject, as my explanation is very cut and dry. kev ->-----Original Message----- ->From: Jeremy Workman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ->Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:14 PM ->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub help (hda1=winxp, hda3=linux) -> -> ->I notice you said you tried "setup (hd0,0)". That would be the first ->partition on the first hard drive (/dev/hda1). To install Grub into the ->master boot record the command would be "setup (hd0)". -> ->Hope this helps. -> -> ->On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:04, Ajay Sharma wrote: ->> hey everyone, ->> ->> I just finished rebuilding my machine and I repartitioned my ->box so that ->> it looks like: ->> ->> /dev/hda1 = windows xp (ntfs) ->> /dev/hda2 = linux swap ->> /dev/hda3 = gentoo (ext3) ->> ->> no, I don't have a separate /boot partition. Anyway, I followed the ->> installation instructions (excellent btw!) and I'm having problems ->> getting grub to install on my MBR. In the grub prompt, when I type in ->> "root(hd0,0)" it would come back with something like "unrecognized file ->> type". After that it's pretty obvious that the "setup(hd0,0)" wasn't ->> going to work. I then ran root(hd0,2) and that went over fine but now ->> when I boot up it goes right into windows xp and not the grub boot ->> loader because it's not installed on the MBR. ->> ->> I'd appreciate any help. ->> ->> Thanks, ->> Ajay ->> ->> -------------------------------------------------------------------- ->> Satyajot (Ajay) Sharma ->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->> -------------------------------------------------------------------- ->> ->> ->> -- ->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list ->> ->> -> -> ->-- ->[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
