GRUB does not load Windows XP

[David M. Carney]

On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 09:38 +0200, Weiers Coetser wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am having trouble getting GRUB to load Windows XP 
> 
> I get the following display:
> 
> root (hd1,0)
> Filesystem type unkown
> Parition typ 0x7
> safedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader + 1
> 
> then everything just freezes and I have to reboot.

Windows is a jealous mistress. It insists on being on the first
partition of the first drive. If it's on any other partition and/or
drive, then you have to "lie" to it to fool it into thinking it is.

So, to make it work, you must change your Windows boot parameters in
your /boot/grub/menu.lst to read:

title  Microsoft Windows XP Professional (or whatever)
root	     (hd1,0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader  +1

David

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