Gutsy/Windows Dual Boot

[John Graddy]

On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 14:26 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 10/02/2007 12:28 PM, John Graddy wrote:
> 
> > As soon as I posted my last, I thought that the Windows stuff should go
> > after the end of the Debian stuff, so I moved it.  Same result.
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > My  /etc/fstab, menu.lst, and partitions follow this email.  
> > 
> > I apologize for the length of this post.  Could I have posted the
> > menu.lst, etc as an attachment?
> > 
> > Thanks for your help,
> > John
> 
> Did you try as Bruce suggested? Did that work?
> 
> Also, I note another possible problem:
> 
> > 
> > # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> > #
> > # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> > proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> > # /dev/hda2
> > UUID=c49f3e52-3ea6-4514-9cc2-b12514eb887c /               ext3
> > defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
> > # /dev/hda5
> > UUID=178361a0-5250-4297-ba26-72384e1add23 none            swap    sw
> > 0       0
> > /dev/hdd        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0       0
> > /dev/hdc        /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0       0
> > /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec 0       0
> > 
> [snip]
> 
> 
> > 
> > Disk /dev/hda: 60.0GB
> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> > Partition Table: msdos
> > 
> > Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
> >  1      32.3kB  30.6GB  30.6GB  primary   ntfs              
> >  2      30.6GB  58.8GB  28.2GB  primary   ext3         boot 
> >  3      58.8GB  60.0GB  1267MB  extended                    
> >  5      58.8GB  60.0GB  1267MB  logical   linux-swap        
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Disk /dev/sda: 1004MB
> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> > Partition Table: msdos
> > 
> > Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags    
> >  1      4.10kB  1004MB  1004MB  primary  fat16        boot, lba
> > 
> > 
> > Warning: Unable to open /dev/scd0 read-write (Read-only file
> > system).  /dev/scd0
> > has been opened read-only.
> > Error: Unable to open /dev/scd0 - unrecognised disk
> > label.                
> > 
> 
> scd0 is typically a cdrom drive.
> 
> Perhaps if you change your fstab from:
> 
> /dev/hdd        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0       0
> 
> to
> 
> /dev/scd0        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0       0
> 
> the cdrom will mount?
> 
> 
I tried what Bruce suggested and it did not work.


> > > Warning: Unable to open /dev/scd0 read-write (Read-only file
> > > system).  /dev/scd0
> > > has been opened read-only.
> > > Error: Unable to open /dev/scd0 - unrecognised disk
> > > label.                
> > 
Is this really a problem?  I hadn/t seen it before.  I have a CDROM drive and 
a CD/DVD combo drive.  Both are working fine.