On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 06:35:46 +0200, Pierre M wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:01:41 +0000, Rick Morris wrote:
>
>> I tried to install Slackware on another partition on my Toshiba laptop. XP
>> was on the other partition. Neither Windows or Slack would boot after that
>> so I ran the restore DVD and figured I'd start over. Somehow The boot loader
>> (GRUB) did not get erased when the restore DVD was supposedly wiping out all
>> the other data on the disk. Now I can't boot windows. Is there a prompt
>> for GRUB to load windows?? This is not a happy thing since no installable
>> Linux version recognizes my wireless set up and I relied on Windoze to
>> download and burn Linux ISOs. Anybody have a suggestion?
>
> You can try :
>
> title Windows
> root (hd0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Pierre.
>
I recently built a dual boot XP/Slackware computer. BTW, it wasn't for
me- I have no use for XP. To make space for Slackware, I had to resize
and repartition, etc. To make a long story short, XP would only boot if
it was physically installed on the first primary partition. Grub at the
MBR can successfully "chainload" to the OS, but caution with Windows is
always in order (read below).
I also had trouble with another computer with an older 40G drive on
another dual boot computer. This drive has grub installed at the MBR, and
loads the grub menu. It also loads Slackware with no problem, but hangs
when trying to load Windows 2000 using a similar grub menu sequence:
title Windows 2000
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
I decided it had to be some problem specific to that 40G drive. When the
BIOS "autodetects" the drive, it's default mode is CHS. I switched to
LBA, but that had no effect. It seemed like the Windows loader was
switching back to the default mode as specified by the drive. I finally
gave up and made a Windows boot floppy.
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I'll keep you in the right direction if I can, but that's all.
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