A bit of a problem with a Linux/XP dual boot setup...

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Gene Heskett <gene.heskett <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> > > ===================>
> > > 
> > > > title Windows XP
> > > > rootnoverify (hd1,1)
> > > > makeactive
> > > > chainloader +1
> > > 
> > > ===================>
> > > Will this same sequence work with a linux install that uses grub 2?
> 
> > http://grub.enbug.org/CommandList
>
> and ignored I assume.  But what then causes the grub2 stuff to be loaded 
> from /dev/sdX's MBR and a restart then done using grub2's menu's?  The 
> "chainloader + 1" I have previously tried and wasn't able to make it work, 
> with or without spaces surrounding the '+'. Probably a typu on my part, but 
> the docs, what there is, are exceedingly sparse on the rules and syntax to 
> make grub actually do its dance.
> 
See http://grub.enbug.org/CommandList
...
chainloader ... ex. of use chainloader (hd0,1)+1 
Also, click on chainloader link to see some more explanation.

Grub 2 is still work in progress - e.g. Ubuntu 10.10 utilizes it, but other
distros wait. It is just too important a package.
JB



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