Is this bug 1566 or another problem?

hemebond ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Thu Jan 20 02:21:54 UTC 2005


Anonymous Wrote: 
> I've checked the Grub user manual and couldn't find an error like the
> one I'm seeing.
> 
> When I try to boot XP, Grub returns this message and stops:
> 
> Booting 'Windows NT/2000/XP'
> 
> root   (hd2,0)
> Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
> 
> hd2,0 is the correct HD and partition for my XP install (SCSI HD, sdc).
> The XP partition is 10GB. The C/H/S values freported by the SCSI BIOS at
> boot show the drive with 255 heads.
> 
> I boot Ubuntu off a seperate drive (SATA, sda) and it works fine (set
> to Large in the BIOS, 240 heads). If I change the boot order of my HD's
> in the BIOS and make the SCSI drive #1, I can then boot XP off the SCSI
> HD just fine.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> TIA!
> 
> Bob
> 
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Man this problem is rampant. I've got this problem right now, at the
worst possible time, and there doesn't seem to be any official fix
available. See if 'this article' (http://lwn.net/Articles/86835/) helps
you.


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hemebond




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