Setup
5690:
proc 3.06
Mem 512M
Disk: 1x 100G 1X40G 1x cd/dvd
output from fdisk -l
currently working setup:
my grub.conf
Grub is currently installed to (hd0)
my boot.ini
Here's the previous nonworking one.
There's no real issue with this as it works as expected.
With GRUB installed to (hd1) using NTloader I get a black screen with GRUB followed by a space and a blinking cursor. It won't accept input from the key board alteast it doesn't act like it does. It will eventualy start beeping if i repeatedly hit e to try and get a GRUB prompt. I have done the dd trick and copied it over to root of hda1 leaving the NT loader in command that in turn calls GRUB that's when I get the oddness.
Just to make things more interresting is if I pull hda and put hdd in it's place it boots flawlessly. I've tried to install GRUB to (hd1) and (hd1,0). Same issue. If I left anything out which I'm sure I did just ask and I'll post it up. OH yeah I have tried three boot sector images, the original formerly working one, a new one with GRUB installed to (hd1) and one with GRUB installed to (hd1,0) all added to my boot.ini
Bill
5690:
proc 3.06
Mem 512M
Disk: 1x 100G 1X40G 1x cd/dvd
output from fdisk -l
PHP Code:
Disk /dev/hda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 8336 66958888+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 8337 12161 30724312+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 8337 10886 20482843+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda6 10887 12161 10241406 b W95 FAT32 Disk /dev/hdd: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77520 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdd1 * 1 50 25168+ 83 Linux /dev/hdd2 51 1043 500472 83 Linux /dev/hdd3 1044 77520 38544408 83 Linuxmy grub.conf
PHP Code:
default 1 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo 2.6.11-r6 root (hd1,0) kernel (hd1,0)/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hdd3 title=WinXP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1my boot.ini
PHP Code:
[boot loader] timeout=0 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptInPHP Code:
[boot loader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn c:\gentoo.bin="Gentoo"With GRUB installed to (hd1) using NTloader I get a black screen with GRUB followed by a space and a blinking cursor. It won't accept input from the key board alteast it doesn't act like it does. It will eventualy start beeping if i repeatedly hit e to try and get a GRUB prompt. I have done the dd trick and copied it over to root of hda1 leaving the NT loader in command that in turn calls GRUB that's when I get the oddness.
Just to make things more interresting is if I pull hda and put hdd in it's place it boots flawlessly. I've tried to install GRUB to (hd1) and (hd1,0). Same issue. If I left anything out which I'm sure I did just ask and I'll post it up. OH yeah I have tried three boot sector images, the original formerly working one, a new one with GRUB installed to (hd1) and one with GRUB installed to (hd1,0) all added to my boot.ini
Bill
So I rebooted several times and it's worked as I want it to do. So I edited my grub.conf to remove the windows option and all is well.
