The booting on hda and sda is switchable from BIOS boot tab. Peter -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of g whitley mott Sent: 27 January 2004 20:19 To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: add hda, still boot XP from sda? hello, any dual boot geeks here? when i add hda (with linux) where before there was only sda (with XP), can i somehow still boot XP on that sda? so far i can only make XP boot by removing hda again. (an idea i haven't tried yet is to copy XP onto an hda partition, tho i'd rather leave it on sda if possible.) here's the grub entries i've tried (no joy): title _XP sda2 (hd1,1) hide (hd0,3) unhide (hd1,1) rootnoverify (hd1,1) makeactive chainloader --force +1 pause pausing.. title _XP map swap map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) rootnoverify (hd0,1) makeactive chainloader --force +1 pause pausing.. title _XP sda2 (hd2,1) rootnoverify (hd2,1) chainloader +1 makeactive title _XP sda2 (hd7,1) rootnoverify (hd7,1) chainloader +1 title _XP sda2 (hd8,1) rootnoverify (hd8,1) chainloader +1 title _XP sda2 (hd9,1) rootnoverify (hd9,1) chainloader +1 (the hda partition i'm hiding contains win2k.) trying the first above, after proceeding from the pause, it hangs. trying the second, after proceeding from the pause, grub prints "Loading Stage2", if i read correctly in the split second before it clears the screen, then offers me a useless grub prompt. i deduce it crashes and winds up in the grub bootstrap again. (hd2) through (hd7) give: Error 21: Selected disk does not exist (hd8) and (hd9) give: Error 12: Invalid device requested btw while hda is installed i get the disk error in the boot sequence below (no such with only sda in there) tho hda boots into linux just fine. i do wish i could stop it from waiting for me to hit F1. 262144 KB OK Initialized Processor 0 - Model 5 Initialized Processor 1 - Model 5 1790-Disk 0 Error SCSI Device Detected - System Board, SCSI ID 1: COMPAQ WDE4360W [hit F1 to boot] Professional Workstation 5100 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
