Grub.conf - dual boot xp64 and fedora 4

[ill_c 0]

Please help me with my problem, i'm a complete noob at this.

i had xp64 installed on a SATA2 250gb. I added a slave IDE80gb drive just to put linux on.

my xp works fine, and so i continued to install fedora core 4.

the installation went smoothly and works perfectly, the only problem is that now i can't boot windows!

when grub loads at bootup, i have a choice between windows xp64 and fedora core.... obviously fedora boots and windows doesn't.

This is my 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 (hd0,0)

# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

# initrd /initrd-version.img

#boot=/dev/hdb

default=1

timeout=5

splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

hiddenmenu

title Fedora Core 64 (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)

root (hd0,0)

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet

initrd /initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img

title Windows XP 64

rootnoverify (hd1,0)

chainloader +1

 

the device map file is as follows:

# this device map was generated by anaconda

(fd0) /dev/fd0

(hd0) /dev/hdb

(hd1) /dev/sda

 

sda is my sata2 drive, hdb the ide one.

When i select windows grub displays the following:

 

booting 'windows xp 64'

rootnoverify (hd1,0)

chainloader +1

 

it just hangs on this screen.....

what do i need to change in the grub.conf for it o recognise the windows installation on the 250gb sata2 drive?

also look at this if at all useful: (fsdisk -l)

 

Disk /dev/hdb: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

 

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/hdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux

/dev/hdb2 14 9964 79931407+ 8e Linux LVM

 

Disk /dev/sda: 251.0 GB, 251000193024 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30515 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

 

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sda1 * 1 8924 71681998+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

/dev/sda2 8925 30514 173421675 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)

/dev/sda5 8925 30514 173421643+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

 

 

i have my 250gb drive split into a C: (operating system/program files) and D: (general storage)

 

please help me get both os' to boot, any replies would be most appreciated.

 

(amd64 3500+, gigabyte GA-K8N ultra-9, 1gb pc3200, ati x800xl)

[danleff 0]

Try adding this to the menu.lst file;

 

title Windows at sda1

rootnoverify (hd1,0)

map (hd1) (hd0)

map (hd0) (hd1)

makeactive

chainloader +1

[padmoz 0]

Try chainloading to your Windows XP like:

 

chainloader (hd1)+1

 

or

 

chainloader (hd1,n)+1

 

where n is the partition number on the hard disk. The map commands didnt help me. The chainloader command worked well.

[padmoz 0]

Applied the fix to a second machine today, the map commands were necessary on this machine. Full text was:

 

title Windows XP

rootnoverify (hd1,0)

map (hd0) (hd1)

map (hd1) (hd0)

chainloader (hd1)+1

 

Config was:

 

SATA0: Enterprise Linux 3.0 with grub (from Powerquest drive image. Bootable 80 Gb image)

 

SATA1: Windows XP Pro. (From CD, was only hdd in machine during install)

 

Also checkout http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/grub-error-guide.xml

 

Problem 16 was got me going.

 

 

[tyga 0]

I can confirm that this works very well with Ubuntu 5.10, thanks for the tip.

 

Here is the original menu.list generated on install:

 

title Other operating systems:

root

 

 

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS

# on /dev/sda1

title Microsoft Windows XP Professional

root (hd2,0)

savedefault

makeactive

map (hd0) (hd2)

map (hd2) (hd0)

chainloader +1

 

 

And here is the edited list:

 

title Other operating systems:

root

 

 

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS

# on /dev/sda1

title Microsoft Windows XP Professional

rootnoverify (hd1,0)

savedefault

makeactive

map (hd0) (hd1)

map (hd1) (hd0)

chainloader (hd1)+1

 

[danleff 0]

So, these were all sata drives? Nice! I think I get it. Good find padmoz!