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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