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Bootloader settings to boot from second HD?

At the moment I’m running Debian unstable with grub bootloader. Unfortunately I can’t access my Windows 2000 installation which is on my second HD by selecting the option in grub.

I have to go into the bios and tell it to boot brom HD1 if I want to get into windows.

Previously I installed Xandros which uses Lilo, and it configured it so I could get into Windows 2000.

Here’s the lilo config file that was created

boot=/dev/hda
install=/boot/cboot.b
message=/boot/splash.lilo
timeout=300
map=/boot/map
prompt
fix-table
lba32
read-only
change-rules
reset
compact
image=/vmlinuz
label=Xandros_Desktop_3.0.1_OC
vga=0xf04
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.9-x1.gz
append="rw acpi=on "
image=/vmlinuz
label=Safe_Video_Mode
vga=0xf04
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.9-x1.gz
append="3 rw acpi=on "
image=/vmlinuz
label=Configure_(Expert)
vga=normal
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.9-x1.gz
append="single rw acpi=on noresume "

other=/dev/hdc1
label=Windows®_2000
map-drive=0x80
to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
to=0x80

I’m guessing only the last bit is relevant to getting into W2K so how can I convert those settings into something I can put in Grub?

Try something like;

Code:

title Windows

map (hd0) (hd1)

map (hd1) (hd0)

rootnoverify (hd1,0)

chainloader +1

Presumes Win2000 is on first partition, second disk.
Do some searching - this must come up every day. Some time in the grub manual might also be well spent.

yeah if you like my tutorial is in my signature on dual booting as well

beware of gaps in the commands and even tho 2000 is non-dos it does not hurt to include the makeactive command to make partition seeable as a bootable one