No way to boot into MS Windows hard disk

[Paul Smith]

On 2/14/07, Tom Browder <tom.browder at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have two hard disks in my machine:
> >
> > * hda --> Fedora Core 6;
> > * hdb --> Windows XP.
> >
> > In grub.conf, I have the following:
> >
> > title Windows XP
> >        rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> >        makeactive
> >        chainloader +1
> >
> > but I cannot boot into Windows XP. Any ideas?
>
> I believe that Win XP does not work on a second drive.  I think your
> best bet is to swap drives and install grub in the MBR of the new
> /dev/hda (old /dev/hdb).  Linux will happily boot on a second drive.

Thanks, Tom, but how can one install grub in the MBR of the new /dev/hda?

Paul