GRUB does not load Windows XP

[Martin Schmeisser]

Am Samstag, den 16.07.2005, 09:38 +0200 schrieb Weiers Coetser:
> 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.
> 
> 
> (I had problems to get grub working when I installed ubuntu. For some
> reason grub would not be written to the MBR of my Windows drive, so I
> changed the bios setting to boot from the drive on which I wanted to
> install Ubuntu. I installed ubuntu. It installed GRUB and detected my
> windows system, but this is now where the above problem comes in.)
> 
> Any help?

Hi there,

on which Hard drive and which partition number is your windows
installed?

keep in mind that grub starts counting at 0 so if it is the first
harddrive on the first partition you would put root (hd0,0)...

hope that helps!

cheers, Martin