Partitioning error
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Mon Nov 21 21:10:55 UTC 2005
On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 12:07 -0800, Sherrett O. Walker wrote:
> Hello, all.
>
> I made a mistake while trying to dual boot my computer
> and couldn't find them mailing list for dummies like
> me. So, I've successfully installed linux on my
> machine, but I can't boot my windows xp partition now,
> which shows as an ext2 partition. I'm certain things
> are this way because I made a mistake, but I can't
> tell you what I've done to cause it.
>
> I tried to change the menu.lst file in /boot/grub, but
> it just sent me on a weird chase that didn't result in
> my windows partition booting. That's all the wisdom I
> have.
Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and add a stanza similar to
title Windows XP
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
You'll need to change "(hd0,0)" to reflect the partition that holds
your Windows installation.
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