Gutsy/Windows Dual Boot

[John Graddy]

On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 16:06 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 10/02/2007 03:40 PM, John Graddy wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 15:31 -0700, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> >> Yes, do sudo update-grub.
> >> 
> >> --- John Graddy <jwgraddy at valornet.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> > On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 15:47 -0400, Bruce Marshall
> >> > wrote:
> >> > > On Tuesday 02 October 2007, John Graddy wrote:
> >> > > > 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.
> >> > > 
> >> > > Well then, put those lines into your menu.lst with
> >> > a title for Windows.
> >> > > 
> >> > > And if that doesn't work, my guess would be that
> >> > you are editing the wrong 
> >> > > menu.lst.
> >> > > 
> >> > > You should also be aware that if you select an
> >> > entry on the GRUB menu (one of 
> >> > > the boot options) and then type  'e', it will
> >> > allow you to edit that entry 
> >> > > for that boot.   Once you type 'e', you will be
> >> > shown all of the lines in 
> >> > > that entry and you can select one of those lines
> >> > and again type 'e' to edit a 
> >> > > single line.
> >> > > 
> >> > > Type 'b' to  boot once you have made your changes.
> >> >  
> >> > > 
> >> > I added those lines to /boot/grub/menu.lst.  I did
> >> > not get a Windows
> >> > menu entry - ubuntu booted.  When I entered 'esc' to
> >> > get the GRUB boot
> >> > options, Windows did not appear.
> >> > 
> >> > Do I need o do an 'uodate-grub' after editing
> >> > menu.lst?
> >> > 
> 
> > 
> > Executed 'sudo update-grub'.  Still no Windows boot entry.
> > 
> > 
> 
> At the end of your menu.lst do you have?:
> 
> ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
> Title  Windows XP
> root  (hd0,0)
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader  +1
> 
> or
> 
> ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
> Title  Windows XP
> root  (hd0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader  +1
> boot
> 
> Either of those should give you the option at the grub boot menu to down
> arrow and attempt a boot to windows.
> 
I currently have the latter.  However, I have tried both, and I don't
get a Windows boot option.  I have tried 'sudo update-grub' and I still
don't get a Windows entry.  

Since I seldom use Windows, I may just give up on this for now and boot
from the command line when I need Windows.  Hopefully a future update
will fix this problem.  I have seen threads on other forums concerning
the same (or similar) problem.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions.

John