<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2658.34"> <TITLE>Windows XP and Linux</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> "Washington, CJ (OCTO)" <CJ.Washington@dc.gov> writes: > I kind of understand this but can someone give me a sample of what > they mean by adding the XP drive for the dual boot option using Grub. This is what my laptop has: [root@ancho ~]# cat /etc/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 (hd0,2) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz # show us the menu! # hiddenmenu # removed from kernel line: rhgb quiet title Fedora Core (2.6.16-1.2080_FC5) root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 initrd /initrd-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.img title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5) root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img title PeiceOfShitMicroSoftSystem rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 In your case you want to change that second to last line to (rootnoverify(hdX,0)) to indicate the correct disk for booting ms. -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <A HREF="http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/</A> Direct SIP URL Dialing: <A HREF="http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/phonedirectory.html" TARGET="_blank">http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/phonedirectory.html</A> -- In the grub.conf file above, doe's it show where you have two hard drives in your laptop? This is where I need to understand which parameter to change. Thanks for your feedback. C </BODY> </HTML>