fc6 / windows xp dual-boot system

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 11:40 +0800, Hadders wrote:
> Don Raikes wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a gateway computer which had windows xp installed on the second partition. The first aprtition was a "recovery" image for xp.
> > I had 100gb of free space on the drive and installed fc6 onto that.
> >
> > My grub.conf lists the windows partition, but when I try to boot to the windows system, the pc just hangs.
> >
> > --- grub.conf ---
> > # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> > #
> > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> > # NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that
> > #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
> > #          root (hd0,2)
> > #          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda3
> > #          initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
> > #boot=/dev/sda
> > default=1
> > timeout=5
> > splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > hiddenmenu
> > title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6)
> > 	root (hd0,2)
> > 	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> > 	initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img
> > title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen)
> > 	root (hd0,2)
> > 	kernel /boot/xen.gz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 
> > 	module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> > 	module /boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen.img
> > title Windows XP
> > 	rootnoverify (hd0,1)
> > 	chainloader +1
> >
> > -- end of grub.conf --
I don't remember. You need to check the grub documentation on whether it
should be chainloader +2
> 
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