Dual booting WindowsXP and Gentoo

black hole sun · 08-09-2004, 12:03 AM

Hey there. I am trying to configure my /etc/fstab file but I have no idea what to put for windows information. All the other partitions are taken care of...except I don't know what to put for <MOUNT POINT>, <TYPE>,<OPTS>, and <DUMP/PASS> for the windows line. This partition is /dev/hda2, as FDISK reports. Thanks for any help!

black hole sun · 08-09-2004, 12:11 AM

Oh how stupid of me. Didn't realize this was an off-topic forum. Can a mod please move this? Sorry.

synaptical · 08-09-2004, 12:14 AM

you'd probably want something like:

Code:

/dev/hdax            /mnt/<wherever>        vfat        defaults          0     0

where hdax is the windows partition, <wherever> is the directory where you're mounting it, and vfat is either vfat or ntfs.

but you understand that has nothing to do with booting XP?

black hole sun · 08-09-2004, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by synaptical
you'd probably want something like:

Code:

/dev/hdax /mnt/<wherever> vfat defaults 0 0

where hdax is the windows partition, <wherever> is the directory where you're mounting it, and vfat is either vfat or ntfs.

but you understand that has nothing to do with booting XP?

I was under the assumption that grub would somehow be using some of the information in this file? First time Gentoo user, bear with me

EDIT: Wait, is all adding Windows to this file going to do is add Windows to the /mnt folder so I can read it from Linux?

synaptical · 08-09-2004, 09:55 AM

you need to add your windows information to grub. adding it to fstab will only mount it when you boot gentoo so you can read it from linux, as you surmised. i wasn't sure what you were asking, so i thought i'd start with that.

i use lilo, but i think the lines to add to grub are as easy as:

title=Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

where hd0 is your first master IDE drive and 0 is the first partition (change the values accordingly). or search google for other examples.

black hole sun · 08-09-2004, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by synaptical
you need to add your windows information to grub. adding it to fstab will only mount it when you boot gentoo so you can read it from linux, as you surmised. i wasn't sure what you were asking, so i thought i'd start with that.

i use lilo, but i think the lines to add to grub are as easy as:

title=Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

where hd0 is your first master IDE drive and 0 is the first partition (change the values accordingly). or search google for other examples.

Thanks for clearing that up. Now I'm off to write a Gentoo boot loader...oh boy, wish me luck