This is news to me. I didn't know that windows would even boot from a slave drive. Good info if it is true.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Edward Croft > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 11:55 AM > To: Red Hat List > Subject: Re: I can't boot Windows XP with Grub loader. > > > On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 12:16, Joan Carles Jimenez wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm currently running RHL 9 on one hard disk (master). My boot loader is > Grub. Now, I installed Windows XP (NTFS) in other hard disk (slave). The > Grub detects the two operating systems but, when I select Windows XP, this > does not boot. What's the problem? Thanks. > > > > Joan Carles Jiménez > > > If XP was installed to the "C:\" drive, then you may have to map the > drives. > > map (hd0) (hd1) > map (hd1) (hd0) > This is done in grub.conf. Be sure also that chainloader +1 is on that > line. > I had to do this for a Win2k partition that used to be the master. I put > it in as the second drive and did the map commands in grub and it boots > just as if it was the primary. > > And as always, to learn more on grub, info grub. The info program will > bring up the whole manual on grub. > Ed Croft, RHCE > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
