[WBEL-users] Booting XP via GRUB

Aaron Marroquin aaron.marroquin at gmail.com
Sat May 21 19:10:56 CDT 2005


Okay.  Can I install grub on the MBR without having to reinstall Linux?

On 5/21/05, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/21/05, Aaron Marroquin <aaron.marroquin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am having a problem getting XP to starup.  Below is the information
> > I have in my grub.conf file.  The system just hangs but I don't see
> > what's wrong.
> >
> > title Windows XP
> >         rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> >         chainloader +1
> >         makeactive
> >
> > I can get XP to boot by changing the boot order of the hard drives in
> > the BIOS, then linux doesn't load.
> >
> > Confused.
> 
> MS Windows is only capable of booting from first partition on the
> bootable device, (bootable device being the device designated by BIOS
> to boot to).
> In other words, you can not tell a boot loader on the bootable drive
> to boot a MS Windows drive that is slave or on second IDE port, or not
> otherwise pointed to by BIOS to boot.
> In other words, [the only option is to] put Linux on slave and leave
> MS Windows on master, otherwise, you'll have to use the BIOS to select
> the OS, [by selecting which drive to boot to].
> 


-- 
Aaron Marroquin



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