SSD migration boot option problem

[Nils Kassube]

lazer100 wrote:
> On 25-Feb-13 11:18:49 Nils Kassube wrote:
> >Am Montag, 25. Februar 2013, 01:18:32 schrieb lazer100:
> >> the precise form of the magnetic drive XP boot option is:
> >> 
> >> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a
> >> non-linux OS # on /dev/sdb1
> >> title           Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
> >> root            (hd1,0)
> >> savedefault
> >> map             (hd0) (hd1)
> >> map             (hd1) (hd0)
> >> chainloader     +1
> >> 
> >> >how do I get the SSD Windows XP to appear in the boot options?
> >> 
> >> this is sda5, what is the /boot/grub/menu.lst entry for this?
> >
> >If you have a closer look at the file menu.lst, you should find an
> >example for a Windows entry at sda1. I would try this entry, which is
> >that example entry but modified for sda5:
> >
> >title         Windows XP
> >root          (hd0,4)
> >makeactive
> >chainloader   +1
> 
> there is a technicality as regards this,
> that its not the same format as the above sdb1 item,
> 
> with the sdb1 item there are two "map" fields,
> 
> map  (hd0)(hd1)
> map  (hd1)(hd0)
> 
> could it be that for sda5 we need some such fields?
> 
> I have no idea at all what these fields are

Those map lines are not needed for sda, only for other disks (sdb, sdc, 
etc.).


Nils