Canot Boot WindowsXP from GRUB (solved)
 

I installed linux today and i cant boot my windowsxp from grub. They are on two different harddrives on to different ide channels if it matters. The instruction looks like this:
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1

Thx for your time

Was Windows XP installed when you have only one drive connected or it was set to the first boot device in bios?

Windows was installed before i connected the linux drive, and no Windows xp is not set to boot before linux (im using the linux right now).

ok try this in your menu.lst/grub.conf:

Thank you thats what did teh trick :D :D :D :D

By the way, Why *does* that error happen in Grub?
I mean, why Grub won't install properly when compared to LILO..
(I've been there reading the "rootnoverify etc" too...) :p

It has nothing to do with GRUB, its how ppl set up their Linux + Windows.
Lilo doesnt always get it right either.

wat exactly is this .....

rootnoverify

?????

'root' shows where the partition to be booted from is. 'rootnoverify' does the same thing, but doesn't look at what's on the partition. This is useful if the filesystem is something not supported by Grub like NTFS.

It'll work even if you use 'root' on a ntfs partition, just that some ppl gets annoyed by the "unknown partition" message