Hi,

I have just recently installed Fedora Core 2.
I have two Hard Drives in my machine,
1st Hard Drive hosts Windows XP (on first Partition, second partition for data only)
2nd Hard Drive hosts Linux Fedora Core 2 (on first Partition)

I have Linux booting fine, thanks to Grub. However, I am now unable to boot to my Windows OS.

Can someone please write out the exact info that should be placed into Grub.conf for me to be able to boot to both Linux and Windows XP.
I have looked on some forums and attempted re coding but when I try and boot - I cannot boot to Windows XP.

It would be great if someone could write out the exact code for me that will make it work, and be able to boot to both partitions/OSs.


Thanks for any help,


Steve

where is Grub installed?

post the content of
cat /boot/grub/grub.conf

hi
Try to add the following at the file
/boot/grub/grub.conf

note: you have to be root to do the above

then in your grub menu you will have an option to boot at Win XP.

I hope I was of some help

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Kostason

Hi,

Thanks for your help fellers,

I tried the code sugested - got an error when trying to boot : error 11 invalid drive string

Here is the a copy of grub.conf

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd1,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdb2
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda



default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.358)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img

title Win XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
map (hd0) )hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1


Thanks again, I hope you can suggest something from this!

Steve

Hi,

I thin k your problem is in re-mapping the drives. XP is on the primary IDE from the look of your post.

Try the following at the grub prompt (grub>)

title Win XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
boot

If the computer boots o.k. edit /boot/grub.conf (log on as root to do this)

Good luck

steve-lin
sorry, my mistake.
check the parenthesis on line 3 of the Win XP block and correct it as follow
the error #11 is
11 : Unrecognized device string
This error is returned if a device string was expected, and the
string encountered didn't fit the syntax/rules listed in the *Note

Kostason:

On your second post, I cannot see any difference in the code you suggested from your first post:

title Win XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1

??

Methuselah:

XP is on my primary Hard Drive (on first partition) you are correct.
I have tried your suggested code - I just got all the code on screen as text and nothing happened at all.


This is just turning into a nightmare, I fear I have ruined my Master Boot Record and will never be able to boot XP again without wiping the MBR and reinstalling Windows!! If anyone is able to provide me with some code to avoid this I will be eternally greatful!

Thanks for your continued help guys!

Steve
I await further suggestions?

Use

fdisk -l

to have a look at the partitions on the disk

in my case I get

/dev/hda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility
/dev/hda2 6 1548 12394147+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3 1549 2559 8120857+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda4 * 2560 4864 18514912+ 83 Linux


and my /boot/grub/grub.conf is
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

where /dev/hda2 = (hd0,1)

It's probably the Fedora dualboot bug, go into bios and change the harddisk access mode from "Auto" to "LBA"
If for some reason you cant change it in bios, boot with the Fedora cd into rescue mode and enter the following command:
and don't bother with the "map (hd0) (hd1)" etc lines in grub.conf, it won't help.