Sid Boyce wrote:
Vince Littler wrote:
On Sunday 11 April 2004 7:35 pm, James Smullins wrote:
On Sunday 11 April 2004 14:25, Sid Boyce wrote:
After my daughter's PC developed problems, I decided to install Linux and crossover office and in the process discovered it was a bad DIMM. Now I have Linux as /dev/hda1 and Windows as /dev/hdc1. When I boot in grub and select Windows, it comes back to the menu and boots only Linux. I wonder if my suspicion that Windows (98SE) needs to be on /dev/hda1 is correct, grub is set correctly to boot Windows from (hd1,0).
Win 98 does indeed need to be on the 1st partition on the 1st drive. Jim
This is what I have always understood UNTIL Johann suggested several weeks back having Windows on the 2nd drive. This would normally boot from GRUB on the first drive, but you could take out the first drive and have it boot natively. I have not tried this myself yet, but I am looking for an opportunity.
I cannot see Johann's scheme would work if there were a Windows type partition which is recognised as C: before the intended Windows boot partition. I would rephrase Jim's comment as: "Windows needs to be on the partition which is recognised as C:"
Which leads to this question for Sid:
"Do any Windows type partitions appear on /dev/hdb [or /dev/hda] which are recognisable as C: before /dev/hdc1?"
Vince Littler
There is only one partition with Windows /dev/hdc1, so I shall try the map command in grub to do a virtual swap and see how that goes, "info grub" says it's the way to get it working. Regards Sid.
grub> map (hd0) (hd1) grub> map (hd1) (hd0) grub> quit /boot/grub/device.map shows they are swapped, when I try to boot Windows, it throws me to the grub prompt. Perhaps I need to alter menu.lst which shows them as originally set, linux as (hd0,0) and windows as (hd1,0). I didn't have a rescue disk with me, so I left it for another time. What about "grub-install /dev/hdc", do I need that also? Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer Linux Only Shop.