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I have just done my first linux install with suse 10.0 and for some reason whenever i try to go to windows through the bootloader i get a black screen with just the words chainloader (hd1,0)+1. I have gone into my /etc folder and found my grub.conf file, but when i run "cat /etc/grub.conf" or even "kate /etc/grub.conf" all i get is this "setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,1) (hd0,1)
setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0) (hd0,1)
quit
"
What do I need to do to boot into windows from the grub bootloader?
p.s. I am able to use the F8 boot menu to load up windows by selecting the drive it is on and it runs fine, so i know i didn't accidentally delete windows during my install.
The nomenclature of GRUB is a little bit different.
hd1 means your second hard disk recognized by the Linux Kernel as hdb
(hd1,0) means the first partition of the second hard disk. That's where your Windows system resides
I finally got it figured out. I had to change the windows tag in menu.lst to this.
Quote:
title Windows XP
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
and finally it's working, and my grub bootloader is successfully loading windows and suse.
I'm extremely happy and would like to than everyone here and at the forums on www.glug.us
and www.campusblender.com
thank you so much victorh and everyone else that helped me in this thread.
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