use in the configuration 
title=Windows ME
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
map hd0 hd1   <-------------------------
makeactive
chainloader +1



2005/5/28, AJ Spagnoletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> My setup prior to having grub put on hda was as follows..
> hda1 = windows partion
> hdb1 = linux boot partition
> 
> I had grub installed on hdb1 and planned to boot my computer from that
> drive. So because in BIOS I was booting from the slave drive grub
> reads that drive as (hd0,x) I understand completely that grub reads
> drive then partition and both count from zero as the first. Just
> wanted to clarify this
> 
> A.J.
> 
> On 5/28/05, Mark Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > No.
> >
> > Completely going by the gentoo install handbook excerpt you pasted,
> > the grub device/partition referencing is formatted like this: hd<drive
> > #>,<partition #>, not hd<partition #>,<drive #>.  So, hda1 would be
> > hd0,0  NOT hd1,0   .  hd1,0 would reference drive 2, partition 1
> > (/dev/hdb1).
> 
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