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OriginalMan

06-05-2004 10:52 PM

Problem with Grub

Hey guys I have a problem with my grub, i have windows and linux on my computer, but computer goes straight to linux, how can i modify my grub.conf file to make my system give me an option of both?

MikeFoo1

06-05-2004 10:58 PM

Find your grub.conf and edit to something similar :

Code:

boot=/dev/hda

map=/boot/map

vga=normal

default=linux

keytable=/boot/us.klt

prompt

nowarn

timeout=200

message=/boot/message

menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw

image=/boot/vmlinuz

        label=linux

        root=/dev/hda6

        initrd=/boot/initrd.img

        append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi"

        read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz

        label=failsafe

        root=/dev/hda6

        initrd=/boot/initrd.img

        append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdd=ide-scsi"

        read-only

other=/dev/hda1 <---------------------------------------------- windows partition

        label=NT

        table=/dev/hda

other=/dev/fd0

        label=floppy

        unsafe

TigerOC

06-06-2004 03:02 AM

With respect MikeFoo that looks like a lilo setup.
OriginalMan you need to be root and edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add;

title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

The line root (hd0,0) needs to be changed for your system. Grub sees drive one as 0 so this is telling the system to look at drive 1, partition 1. Having edited the file just save it and it should be written to the MBR.

OriginalMan

06-06-2004 11:20 AM

TigerOC

I inserted the code at the end of my grub.conf file, and now the title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 appears at the boot prompt. However when I select it, it says booting...and then it says error : unrecognized device string.

I took the liberty of examining the grub code for booting Linux, and under root ( hd0, 1), there is much more information as opposed to where i have root ( hd1, 5) for windows XP. Could this be my problem?

TigerOC

06-06-2004 03:16 PM

If you are saying hd1,5 then this is your second hard drive and partition 6. To set it up you need take one away from each value because grub starts at zero. eg. I have a debian system on hard drive 4 and partition 3 so the value is hd3,2. Hope this helps.

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