Grub and XP

[Pedro Fernandes Macedo]

Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:

> I had linux installed.  I installed XP.  Then I re-installed Grub to 
> the MBR ->
>
> grub> root (hd0,0)
> grub> setup (hd0)
>
> I now have XP installed on the master drive of the first ide 
> controller, and FC2 on the slave.  How should my grub.conf look?  This 
> is what I have now:
>
> default=0
> timeout=10
> #splashimage=(hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz  <----------  (this 
> doesn't seem to work, so it's commented out).
> title Fedora Core (2.6.6-1.435.2.3)
> #       root (hd0,0)    <------------- Is this needed?
>        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.6-1.435.2.3 ro root=/dev/hdb1 rhgb 
> quiet acpi=off
>        initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.6-1.435.2.3.img
> title Windows XP
>        rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>        chainloader +1
>        makeactive
>
>
> FC2 boots fine, but XP gives me:
>
> Error 13:
>
> Invalid or Unsupported executable format.
>
>
> Is my setup for FC2 correct (it works, but is it ideal), and how do I 
> boot XP?
>
>

First , you have to check your /boot/grub/device.map , and ensure that 
it has two definitions for HDs... hd0 for /dev/hda and hd1 for /dev/hdb.
Then , you need to put this on your grub.conf:


default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.6.6-1.435.2.3)
       root (hd1,0)    #this is needed.. Otherwise grub doesnt know the 
relative paths..
       kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.6-1.435.2.3 ro root=/dev/hdb1 rhgb quiet 
acpi=off
       initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.6-1.435.2.3.img
title Windows XP
       rootnoverify (hd0,0)
       chainloader +1
       makeactive

This should do the trick..

--
Pedro Macedo