Re: grub/dual-boot problem

2004-04-23 Thread CW Harris
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 05:23:53AM -0700, Richard Weil wrote: > Just a small update, since I'm sure someone will > someday search and find this thread ... > > I got it working. The grub configuration in menu.1st > was fine; windows had overwritten the MBR. I don't > know if it's possible, but I *m

Re: grub/dual-boot problem

2004-04-23 Thread Richard Weil
Just a small update, since I'm sure someone will someday search and find this thread ... I got it working. The grub configuration in menu.1st was fine; windows had overwritten the MBR. I don't know if it's possible, but I *may* not have installed grub to the MBR the first time (I don't recall runn

Re: grub/dual-boot problem

2004-04-22 Thread Derek Broughton
Chris Metzler wrote: > Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bootloader. This happened to me before, but you said you installed > > Debian AFTER you installed Windows, so this shouldn't be an issue. > > I agree that it shouldn't be an issue; but that's very much what > this smells like.

Re: grub/dual-boot problem

2004-04-22 Thread Chris Metzler
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 15:58:12 -0500 Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Based on the partition listing you gave in your original message, grub > should be set up as follows: > > Windows: root (hd0,0) > Debian: root (hd0,2) > > Keep in mind that in grub, partition 1 is actually 0, 2 is

Re: grub/dual-boot problem

2004-04-22 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 14:09, Richard Weil wrote: > I don't have the machine in front of me, but I'm > nealry certain that I don't have "savedefault" set. I > believe my grub entry for win xp was essentially the > same as what is shown in the grub docs: > > title win > root (hd0,1) > makeactive >

Re: grub/dual-boot problem

2004-04-22 Thread Richard Weil
d0,1), which is the /boot directory (and where grub lives). Perhaps this is wrong, but I interpret "root" in the context of grub to basically mean grub's root. Richard --- Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 13:35, Richard Weil wrote: > > I&

Re: grub/dual-boot problem

2004-04-22 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 13:35, Richard Weil wrote: > I'm having a grub/dual-boot problem. > > I'm running Sarge with the kernel from the initial > install. The hard drive has 4 primary partitions: > > part 1 = win xp > part 2 = /boot --> marked bootable in par

grub/dual-boot problem

2004-04-22 Thread Richard Weil
I'm having a grub/dual-boot problem. I'm running Sarge with the kernel from the initial install. The hard drive has 4 primary partitions: part 1 = win xp part 2 = /boot --> marked bootable in partition table part 3 = / part 4 = swap I installed win XP into part 1. I then instal