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I have two hard drives. The primary has 4 liunx partitions (3 ext3, 1 swap), the secondary has 1 ntfs. Here is my layout:

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Disk /dev/hda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/hda1              1        3188    25607578+  83  Linux

/dev/hda2            3189        3310      979965  82  Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/hda3            3311        6349    24410767+  83  Linux

/dev/hda4            6350      24321  144360090  83  Linux



Disk /dev/hdb: 8455 MB, 8455200768 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1027 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/hdb1  *          1        1026    8241313+  7  HPFS/NTFS

I try to add my windows xp to my grub but it wont take. When i run update-grub it resets me menu.lst file and removes my windows stuff i put in.

I am not totally dumb to this, I know my way around, and I can still boot into windows on boot by pressing "C" at grub to get the grub command line. I then type this stuff in:

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grub> rootnoverify (hd1,0)

grub> map (hd1) (hd0)

grub> map (hd0) (hd1)

grub> chainloader +1

grub> makeactive

grub> boot

And then my windows XP boots up like normal. But when I add this crap to my menu.lst file and run update-grub, the stuff gets erased and it never hits my grub list on boot.

Here is my menu.lst file of what it wants to be:

Code:

###############################################################



# 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/hda3 ro vga=792



## default grub root device

## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)

# groot=(hd0,2)



## 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 2.6.8-2-386

root            (hd0,2)

kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 root=/dev/hda3 ro vga=792

initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386

savedefault

boot



title          Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-386 (recovery mode)

root            (hd0,2)

kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 root=/dev/hda3 ro vga=792 single

initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386

savedefault

boot



### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST



###############################################################

Now I add my windows stuff before my very last line like so:

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 ## ## End Default Options ##

 

 title          Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-386

 root            (hd0,2)

 kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 root=/dev/hda3 ro vga=792

 initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386

 savedefault

 boot

 

 title          Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-386 (recovery mode)

 root            (hd0,2)

 kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 root=/dev/hda3 ro vga=792 single

 initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386

 savedefault

 boot



title          Windows XP

rootnoverify          (hd1,0)

map (hd1) (hd0)

map (hd0) (hd1)

chainloader +1

makeactive

boot

 

 ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

Then When I run update-grub... it goes back to the normal menu.lst like i never changed it...

I am so lost... I'd like to be able to boot into windows without having to type in the commands everytime.. Anyone know whats wrong??

I run Debian 3.1r0a Sarge.

Thanks!