grub.conf help (w/ XP)
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Sat Apr 3 01:09:43 UTC 2004
Michael A. Peters wrote:
>On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 05:48, Jeff Vian wrote:
>
>
>>Exactly how did you get this to work?
>>I have windows on my slave drive but the commands you list above result
>>in an error from grub about "invalid or unsupported executable format"
>>
>>My exact grub format I am trying to use is
>> map (hd0) (hd1)
>> map (hd1) (hd0)
>> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>> chainloader +1
>>
>>I have also tried changing the rootnoverify (hd1,0)
>>tried changing the sequence of the last 2 lines,
>>
>>And in every case I get the same error message from grub.
>>
>>If I change bios to boot from the second drive it works perfectly, but
>>that is less than ideal to have to change the bios setting for dual booting.
>>
>>
>>
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>
>Here is my working grub.conf for this setup (attached)
>
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
># 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/hda7
># initrd /initrd-version.img
>#boot=/dev/hda
>default=0
>timeout=10
>splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>title Fedora Core (2.6.4-1.300)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.4-1.300 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> initrd /initrd-2.6.4-1.300.img
>
>title Fedora Core (2.6.3-2.1.253.2.1)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.3-2.1.253.2.1 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> initrd /initrd-2.6.3-2.1.253.2.1.img
>
>title Windows XP
> map (hd0) (hd1)
> map (hd1) (hd0)
> rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
> boot
>
My file below looks exactly like yours for the windows section.
Yet whenever I try to boot to that OS I get the message above.
This is really frustrating and makes no sense.
Does anyone have any other suggestions??
# 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/hda2
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.6.1-1.65)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.1-1.65 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb
initrd /initrd-2.6.1-1.65.img
title Windows
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
boot
>
>
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