dual boot 1 drive
Timothy Payne
tim at tmpco.com
Sat Dec 2 23:31:12 UTC 2006
On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 05:22 -0800, oldman wrote:
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> Timothy Payne wrote:
> > I've tried (hd0,0) no luck
> >
> >
> > # 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=60
> > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > hiddenmenu
> > title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2849.fc6)
> > root (hd0,0)
> > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/
> > initrd /initrd-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6.img
> > title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6)
> > root (hd0,0)
> > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/
> > initrd /initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img
> > title Win 98
> > rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> > chainloader +1
> >
> >
> > [root at localhost ~]# fdisk -l
> >
> > Disk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41174138880 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5005 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/hda1 1 13 104391 83 Linux
> > /dev/hda2 14 3200 25599577+ 83 Linux
> > /dev/hda3 * 3201 5005 14498662+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> > [root at localhost ~]#
> >
> > On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 06:31 -0800, oldman wrote:
> > Timothy Payne wrote:
> >>>> I've done it with 2 drives no problem. FC 6 is first, Win98 second and
> >>>> both work. Grub won't boot the Win98, and I must have tried 10
> >>>> suggestions from the web. This is my last hope.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tim...
> >>>>
> > Well I think I'll need more information please!
> >
> > What is the output of /sbin/fdisk -l (that is a lower case "L" and run
> > as root)
> > Please post your /boot/grub/grub.conf
> > Just to be sure, post your /boot/grub/device.map file too
> > What exactly do you see when you try to boot Windows?
> >
> > Maybe someone else knows for sure, but I recall that various earlier
> > versions of windows needed to be the first partition on the first drive
> > of a system. Did you ever have your system with Win98 as the second
> > partition with no other OS on the drive?
> >
> > Scott
> >>
>
> rootnoverify (hd0,2)
>
> Grub starts counting partitions and drives with 0 so hd0,2 is the first
> drive of the first hdd controller and the third partition partition on
> that drive which is equal to fdisk's hda3
>
> Good luck
>
> Scott
IT WORKS !
Thank you
Tim...
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