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Old 09-16-2004, 09:28 PM   #1
AGilley007
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Boot loader


I installed grub but now I get an error starting grub and I installed arch on hda2 and windows is hda1 and swap hda3 and the following is my grub file thing what do I need to change and how do I add windows? I read that installation guide but I still don't know what to do somebody please help.

# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst

# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
#
# Old /dev DevFS Grub
# -----------------------------------------------
# /dev/fd0 /dev/floppy/0 (fd0)
# /dev/hda /dev/discs/disc0/disc (hd0)
# /dev/hdb2 /dev/discs/disc1/part2 (hd1,1)
# /dev/hda3 /dev/discs/disc0/part3 (hd0,2)
#

# FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
# +----------------------------------------+
# | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
# ----+-----------------------------------
# 256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
# 32K | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
# 64K | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
# 16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
# +----------------------------------------+

# general configuration:
timeout 5
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue

# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#-*

# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux [/boot/vmlinuz26]
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/discs/disc0/part2 ro
 
Old 09-16-2004, 11:01 PM   #2
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What is the error when starting grub?

For Windows, try adding these lines:

title Windows
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
 
Old 09-17-2004, 02:32 PM   #3
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This is the error I am getting,

Grub Loading Stage1.5

Grub Loading Please Wait
Error 17
 
Old 09-18-2004, 07:52 AM   #4
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Try changing:
Quote:
title Arch Linux [/boot/vmlinuz26]
to: title=Arch Linux
 
  


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