Gutsy/Windows Dual Boot

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Oct 2 16:08:04 UTC 2007


On 10/02/2007 08:30 AM, John Graddy wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 12:12 +0930, Brian Astill wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:04:56 am John Graddy wrote:
>> > Thanks for the response.
>> >
>> > Windows is NOT in the menu.list file.  I ran 'sudo update-grub
>> > and it still does not appear.
>> 
>> Add to your menu.lst if Windows is on the first partition on the 
>> first hard drive
>> 
>> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a 
>> non-linux OS
>> # on /dev/hda1
>> title           Microsoft Windows
>> root            (hd0,0)
>> savedefault
>> makeactive
>> chainloader     +1
>> 
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>> Brian
>> 
> 
> I have now tried all of the suggestions that I have received.  None have
> enabled me to boot windows.  Below are my partition tables (from parted)
> and my menu.lst boot list.  The 'Windows XP' entry was added by me, NOT
> generated at install time.
> 
> Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
> 
> menu.lst entries
> 
> ## ## End Default Options ##


===
> 
> Title  Windows XP
> root  (hd0,0)
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader  +1
===
That bit goes _below_ ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST


[snip]
> 
> ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
> 
> 

Your partition tables didn't come through.

When you post those, can you also post the entire menu.lst and also
/etc/fstab?







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