Grub set up

[Richard E. Barmann]

On Monday 03 July 2006 7:07 pm, Duncan Lithgow wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 18:21 -0400, Richard E. Barmann wrote:
> > Is there any order that grub assigns hd numbers? I am still trying to set
> > the dual boot. I have tried many combinations.
>
> Confirm this in other ways, but if my memory serves me:
>
> remember 1=0 2=1 3=2 obvious really!!?? (what were they thinking!!!)
>
> the first partition on the primary drive is (0,0)
> second on primary (0,1)
> third on primary (0,2) etc
>
> first on secondary (1,0) etc.
>
> any logical/extended partition is always the (n,4) so the first
> partition of a logical partition is (n,5)
>
> Oh, did I mention I HATE GRUB!!!! It's such a pain to understand and
> configure....
>
> Grub will see/recognise existing partitions and the way they identify
> themselves. So first, second etc above are not always found in sequence
> on your disk.
>
> Duncan
This is my problem.
I tried to install Dappar Dan with the cd's I received but it kept crashing. I 
then download another iso file and burned it and did an install with no 
problem. Now I am trying again to configure Grub to boot either linux or 
WindowsXP.' In media I show a file "hdb1" which contains windows. and "hda3".
The following is the disc setup after I made the partitions and installed 
Dapper Dan. I think I have my data on the  "hda3" partition'

Disc 20G
        1 Partition 18.4        /media/hdb1 ntfs        /dev/hdb1 enabled  
Windows?
        2 Partition 1 kb                                        /dev/hdb2
        3 Partition 723.5 Mb                                    /dev/hdb5
Disc 80G
        1 Partition 43.1 Gb     /                   ext3        /dev/hda1 
Emabled Linux?
        2 Partition 716.1 Mb                                    /dev/hda2
        3 Partition 30.0 Gb     /media/hda3 ext3        /dev/hda3 Enabled 
Data?
        4 Partition 1 Kb                                        /dev/hda4
        5 Partition 729.5 Mb            none   swap     /dev/hda5 Enabled
I am confused by partitions and may have messed them up. I believe the Windows 
in on hdb1 and linux/Dapper Dan is on hda1. hda3 should have the data that I 
am trying to save but I cannot access it. Any help is appreciated and needed. 
Thank You Dick Barmann