On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Magnus Therning <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 30/10/09 07:00, Preston C. wrote: >> >> Hi, I have two hard disks installed in my computer. One for Windows >> and the other for Arch Linux. I have tried to install Arch several >> times but get a message write after I click "Arch Linux" from the boot >> menu- it has something to do with "Error 17". >> >> I have come to see that my Grub configuration file is not configured >> properly. The problem is I do not know how to configure it properly- >> so that I can use Windows and Arch. >> >> The way I would like to go about choosing which OS I would like to use >> is by selecting it from the Grub boot menu. Although, if I have to >> choose a disk to boot from in the BIOS, than that is not a problem >> either. >> >> I have read on the Arch Wiki and the Grub Wiki, yet, do not know >> exactly how to properly configure the Grub configuration file to >> handle both OS's. > > This shouldn't be too difficult to do. Just make sure that Grub itself is > on the disk that BIOS boots from. Then then you need stanzas for each > system, and since they are on different disks then the root will be > different. Assuming you have Arch on your first disk, and Windows on the > second something like this ought to take you in the right direction: > > title Arch Linux > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/mapper/tatooine-root vga=773 ro > initrd /kernel26.img > > title Windows > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > /M > > -- > Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) > magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org > http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe > > Thank you Magnus, very much. Windows is on the first SATA port, though. Any difference in the configuration of Grub since Windows is on the first SATA port?
