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.

Here we go again..... (Don't take this personally---Dual-booting is topic 1 here)

First: how many drives and what size? In a terminal, do fdisk -l (that's an ell) and post the result.

When you want to change the boot configuration, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst (could also be called grub.conf) The file in /etc is not what controls grub.

Usage: fdisk [-l] [-b SSZ] [-u] device
E.g.: fdisk /dev/hda (for the first IDE disk)
or: fdisk /dev/sdc (for the third SCSI disk)
or: fdisk /dev/eda (for the first PS/2 ESDI drive)
or: fdisk /dev/rd/c0d0 or: fdisk /dev/ida/c0d0 (for RAID devices)

that's what my fdisk says

and here is what the menu.lst file says

Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Feb 19 11:37:05 EST 2006

color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE LINUX 10.0
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=0x31a selinux=0 resume=/dev/hda1 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
chainloader (hd1,0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
chainloader (fd0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 10.0
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume selinux=0 nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd

The file you need to modify when you are using GRUB as bootloader is /boot/grub/menu.lst.

In this file you need to find something similar as this:

Of course, you need to put the right partition for your Windows install. Beware that you need to be root to change this file.

so do i need to change this tag in the file

title Windows
chainloader (hd1,0)+1

to look like this?

title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

You need to put the right partition, type this command in a console:

and we'll find the Windows partition

that's what i get by running an fdisk list

Then in your menu.lst file you must have:

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

so do i need to change this tag in the menu.lst file

to look like this?

Yes, you can try this one. In any case if you have a problem at booting, post here what error GRUB prints in the screen.

well, now when i try to boot into windows i just get a black screen with the words

ok, still having problems, when i use this as my windows tag in my menu.lst file

I get this on the screen when i try to boot windows

and when i use this as my windows tag in menu.lst

the system just reboots to the bios screen and then back to the bootloader.
maybe i need to use this?

Nop, the problem you have is that you have Windows installed in the second hard disk.

Normally you should install Windows in the first hard disk (you can correctly think that this is a problem of Windows ...).

So you can add this lines to the menu.lst

Try this one.

yeah, now when i go into windows i just get

then
then when i hit any key i just get another boot menu that comes up

YESS !!!!!!!!!!!!

I finally got it figured out. I had to change the windows tag in menu.lst to this.

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.