XP, Vista, and SuSE in tri-boot

andymrussell777 · 08-13-2007, 11:27 PM

I have XP Pro, SuSE 10.2, and Vista Ultimate on 3 different partitions on the same drive (sda1, sda2, and sda3, respectively). Since I like the default SuSE bootloader, I would like to stay with it. I've messed around with the bootloader and have added the appropriate entries, but when I try and boot to Windows, it doesn't work. Is there something special I must do to make this all "Just Work?"

Please try and lay it on me easy...

bigrigdriver · 08-13-2007, 11:45 PM

The community needs more information than you have given. Show us the windows entries from /boot/grub/menu.lst. Also, tell us which OS is installed into which partition.

andymrussell777 · 08-13-2007, 11:54 PM

I apologize. Here is the exact text from the file:

Code:

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Tue Aug 14 02:26:28 UTC 2007
default 2
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,1)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.2
    root (hd1,1)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-default root=/dev/sda2 vga=0x31a    splash=silent showopts
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2###
title Windows XP Pro 32-bit
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader (hd1,0)+1

title Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader (hd1,2)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1###
title Windows XP Pro OLD
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader (hd0,0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.2
    root (hd1,1)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-default root=/dev/sda2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-default

I believe I've said this in my previous post.

XP is on sda1
SuSE is on sda2
Vista is on sda3