Problems with grub since Fedora 8

[Jörn Rink]

Am Mon, 3 Dec 2007 08:56:23 +0100
hat Jörn Rink <j.rink at freenet.de> (Jörn Rink) folgendes geschrieben:

> Hi,
> since updating from 7 to 8, grub does not recognize my first two
> partitions.
> 
> I have a T43 with onde HD and 6 Partitions, the first 2 are 2
> seperated XP Partitions:
> 
> title 1
>         hide (hd0,0)
>         unhide (hd0,1)
>         parttype (hd0,0) 0x83
>         parttype (hd0,1) 0x07
>         rootnoverify (hd0,1)
>         makeactive
>         chainloader +1
> 
> title 2
>         hide (hd0,1)
>         unhide (hd0,0)
>         parttype (hd0,0) 0x07
>         parttype (hd0,1) 0x83
>         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>         makeactive
>         chainloader +1
> 
> The hide and parttype trick hinders the booted XP to see the other XP.
> 
> Since Fedora 8 i become error 22 8unknown partition. When i set the
> parttype correct, i was able to boot the xp while deleting the first 4
> lines in grub.conf.
> 
> Has the syntax in grub changed?

I reinstall grub from fedora 7, make a grub-install and all run
perfectly now.
googling around shows, that i am not the only one who has problems with
the hide (hd0,0) syntax.

So it seems to me, that the fedora 8 grub has a bug or a new feature ;-)

CU
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