Gutsy/Windows Dual Boot

[Leonard Chatagnier]

Yes, do sudo update-grub.

--- John Graddy <jwgraddy at valornet.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 15:47 -0400, Bruce Marshall
> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 02 October 2007, John Graddy wrote:
> > > The only way that I know to boot windows is to
> get into GRUB command
> > > mode and enter the following:
> > >
> > > root (hd0,0)
> > > makeactive
> > > chainloader +1
> > > boot
> > >
> > > When I do that, Windows boots OK.
> > 
> > Well then, put those lines into your menu.lst with
> a title for Windows.
> > 
> > And if that doesn't work, my guess would be that
> you are editing the wrong 
> > menu.lst.
> > 
> > You should also be aware that if you select an
> entry on the GRUB menu (one of 
> > the boot options) and then type  'e', it will
> allow you to edit that entry 
> > for that boot.   Once you type 'e', you will be
> shown all of the lines in 
> > that entry and you can select one of those lines
> and again type 'e' to edit a 
> > single line.
> > 
> > Type 'b' to  boot once you have made your changes.
>  
> > 
> I added those lines to /boot/grub/menu.lst.  I did
> not get a Windows
> menu entry - ubuntu booted.  When I entered 'esc' to
> get the GRUB boot
> options, Windows did not appear.
> 
> Do I need o do an 'uodate-grub' after editing
> menu.lst?
> 
> 
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Leonard Chatagnier
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