windows on hdb does not boot [solved]

[oleksandr korneta]

on 01/13/2006 12:34 AM wld wrote:
> On 1/13/06, oleksandr korneta <mai11ist at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have 2 hard drives in my box with linux and windows on hda and hdb
>> respectfully. My grub is on mbr of hda. And windows loader is on mbr of
>> hdb. I can boot with no problems into windows when I set hdb to be
>> master drive. However when I try to boot into windows from current
>> configuration the only message I get is
>>
>> chainloader +1
>>
>> which is the string from the grub.conf
>> Nothing more happens.
>>
>> # 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/hda3
>> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
>> #boot=/dev/hda
>> default=0
>> timeout=10
>> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>> #hiddenmenu
>> title Fedora Core (2.6.14-1.1637_FC4)
>>          root (hd0,0)
>> #       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/1 vga=792
>>          kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/1
>>          initrd /initrd-2.6.14-1.1637_FC4.img
>> title w2k
>>          rootnoverify (hd1,0)
>>          chainloader +1
>>
>> # end of grub.conf
>>
>>
>> and here is the content of my boot.ini
>>
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=3
>> default=multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT
>> [operating systems]
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
>> Professional" /fastdetect
>>
>> I tried to change the partition number  here from 0 to 1to tell the OS
>> that it is actually on the slave drive.
>>
>> I suspect that for some reason windows does not like to have its
>> bootloader on a slave drive. This is just a pure guess (assuming that
>> everything I've done is ok). But if it is true, is there any workaround
>> or do I have to replace my grub with ntldr like the fellow couple
>> threads above?
>>
> 
> I have the same setup as yours. You should 'lie' to Windows
> so that it believes that it is on the master drive. Use grub's 'map'
> command. See my Windows section in grub.conf below:
> 
> title w2k
>         map (hd0) (hd1)
>         map (hd1) (hd0)
>         rootnoverify (hd1,0)
>         chainloader +1

thanks Vova, it works like a charm now. I could not imagine the solution
is that simple. I should read more about the grub options



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regards,
Oleksandr Korneta

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