Good morning all :-)
I have one of my other boxen dual booting Linux/XP and have been doing oit via
the BIOS. I am now trying to get it to work via GRUB.
Here is what I believe to be the relevant part of menu.lst: (In case I am
wrong in choosing this bit, the whole of menu.lst is here (1). I have left
it as it was with the exception that I have added the Windows bit.)
title Libranet GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11-ln.std
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-ln.std root=/dev/hdb1 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img
savedefault
boot
title Windows
root (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
boot
I have also tried it without the "boot" at the end. Both gave the same
result, a screen saying:
root (hd1,0)
Filesystem type is fat, partition type 0xc
makeactive
chainloader +1
boot
(or without the last line if it was not in GRUB)
And it then hangs.
What have I done wrong? It is obviously seeing the correct drive because it
is correctly identifying the filesystem. (I chose fat32 when installing.)
TIA,
Lisi
(1)
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
default 0
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default
entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 15
# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue
# the below two colors are used if a splashimage is found
foreground bbbbbb
background 000000
## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret
#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#
#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default optons below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hdb1 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(single user mode) single
# altoptions=(single user mode) single
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## ## End Default Options ##
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Libranet GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11-ln.std
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-ln.std root=/dev/hdb1 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img
savedefault
boot
title Windows
root (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
boot
title Libranet GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11-ln.std (single user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-ln.std root=/dev/hdb1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img
savedefault
boot
title Memory tester memtest86
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86.bin
savedefault
boot
title Memory tester memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
savedefault
boot
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
