I'm having the same problem, i.e., cannot boot Windows XP after installing RH9 Linux. When I get to GRUB, the Red Hat Linux boot works fine, but the Windows XP hangs after the following GRUB commands:
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
I have tried adding "makeactive" after and before "chainloader +1", but it doesn't make a difference.
I have changed GRUB to be installed in the first sector of the HDD instead of the MBR, but it still doesn't make a difference.
I have 1 HDD with 250GB. I tried several installation configurations, but always with the same result:
- installing Windows in a small partition in the beginning, then Linux;
- creating a small partition in the beginning (1024 issue?) for the /boot directory, then windows and then linux (/ and swap)
- installing Windows first, but in the end of the HDD; then installing Linux in the beginning.
I also tried installing Linux first and in the beginning of the HDD, then Windows XP. In this last case, I lost GRUB and Windows XP took over and it seems GRUB was not called. I then tried to re-install Linux just to get GRUB to be called, but it did not work either.
Also, before I forget:
- I also tried LILO... did not work either!
- I have searched this site and others... it seems the best to resolve my problem is located at:
http://www.enterprisedt.com/publications/dual_boot.html
- I do not have a floppy disk drive; just a CD/RW and DVD.