Grub Config - Windows fails to load
Dear Guys,
I have debian 3.1 which, with all your help I have configured and it works fine. I have now taken anothe step and wish to run the dreaded Windows xp on another hard drive. I configured grub but the entry I've made in menu.lst doesn't seem to do the job. Here's what I did. I have two hard drives, one with ebian linux and one empty. I unplugged the Linux drive and on the empty one I installed windows xp. Windows boots up fine no problems there. I then connected the Debian drive back in, and when the machine started it booted windows, so I entered the bios and set things there so that it would boot 1st from the Debian disk. That worked fine, so my sytem now boots the Debian installation. I modified Menu .lst as shown below, but got these messages: root (hd0,0) filesystem type is extfs partition type 0x83 makeactive chainloader + 1 error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format press any key to continue I've copied in the menu.lst file below. Again many thanks for your help on this.:) # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) # grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub # and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/. ## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. default 0 ## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry # (normally the first entry defined). timeout 5 # Pretty colours color cyan/blue white/blue ## password ['--md5'] passwd # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the # command 'lock' # e.g. password topsecret # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/ # password topsecret # # examples # # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 # root (hd0,0) # makeactive # chainloader +1 # # title Linux # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro # # # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro # kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,0) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(recovery mode) single # altoptions=(recovery mode) single ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option ## e.g. memtest86=true ## memtest86=false # memtest86=true ## ## End Default Options ## title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-k7 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-k7 root=/dev/hda1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-k7 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-k7 (recovery mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-k7 root=/dev/hda1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-k7 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386 (recovery mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386 savedefault boot ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST # my widows xp entry follows now # title Windows xp root (hd1,0) makeactive chainloader +1 boot # end of my windows 98 stanza # |
I'm not all that sure but I know that my WindowsXP GRUB entry would look like this:
title WindowsXP rootnoverify(hd1,0) makeactive chainloader+1 notice that the only two differences between mine and yours are the "rootnoverify", which I personally think you should try, and the "boot" option. The "boot" option doesn't make a difference I believe, but you may want to try my version of this if you can. Post back with feedback! |
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