Gutsy/Windows Dual Boot

[NoOp]

On 10/02/2007 12:28 PM, John Graddy wrote:

> As soon as I posted my last, I thought that the Windows stuff should go
> after the end of the Debian stuff, so I moved it.  Same result.
> 
> The only way that I know to boot windows is to get into GRUB command
> mode and enter the following:
> 
> root (hd0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
> boot
> 
> When I do that, Windows boots OK.
> 
> My  /etc/fstab, menu.lst, and partitions follow this email.  
> 
> I apologize for the length of this post.  Could I have posted the
> menu.lst, etc as an attachment?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> John

Did you try as Bruce suggested? Did that work?

Also, I note another possible problem:

> 
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> # /dev/hda2
> UUID=c49f3e52-3ea6-4514-9cc2-b12514eb887c /               ext3
> defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
> # /dev/hda5
> UUID=178361a0-5250-4297-ba26-72384e1add23 none            swap    sw
> 0       0
> /dev/hdd        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0       0
> /dev/hdc        /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0       0
> /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec 0       0
> 
[snip]


> 
> Disk /dev/hda: 60.0GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
> 
> Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
>  1      32.3kB  30.6GB  30.6GB  primary   ntfs              
>  2      30.6GB  58.8GB  28.2GB  primary   ext3         boot 
>  3      58.8GB  60.0GB  1267MB  extended                    
>  5      58.8GB  60.0GB  1267MB  logical   linux-swap        
> 
> 
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 1004MB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
> 
> Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags    
>  1      4.10kB  1004MB  1004MB  primary  fat16        boot, lba
> 
> 
> Warning: Unable to open /dev/scd0 read-write (Read-only file
> system).  /dev/scd0
> has been opened read-only.
> Error: Unable to open /dev/scd0 - unrecognised disk
> label.                
> 

scd0 is typically a cdrom drive.

Perhaps if you change your fstab from:

/dev/hdd        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0       0

to

/dev/scd0        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0       0

the cdrom will mount?