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GRUB can't find Windows 98
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| Wayne Vinson 2004-06-01, 11:52 pm |
| I have a PC with Windows 98 on a 30 GB HD. I wanted to install a copy of
Red Hat Linux 7.2 that I had, and I figured that the easiest way would
be to install it on a separate drive. After installing a 20 GB drive, I
installed RHL 7.2 and specified that the boot loader (GRUB in this case)
be installed to the MBR. Everything appeared to go OK until the install
finished and I re-booted. When the screen to choose which OS to boot
came up, Windows was not listed; Red Hat Linux 7.2 was the only choice.
The drive still has all its files and folders, but there is no option to
load Windows.
Windows is installed on the primary master drive (hda according to
Linux), and Linux is on the primary slave drive (hdb according to Linux).
Can I get GRUB to give me the choice of loading Windows, or do I have to
take more drastic actions? Thank you in advance.
Wayne
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| On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:14:20 GMT,
Wayne Vinson <wvinson@mindspring.cam> posted:
> I have a PC with Windows 98 on a 30 GB HD. I wanted to install a copy of
> Red Hat Linux 7.2 that I had, and I figured that the easiest way would
> be to install it on a separate drive. After installing a 20 GB drive, I
> installed RHL 7.2 and specified that the boot loader (GRUB in this case)
> be installed to the MBR. Everything appeared to go OK until the install
> finished and I re-booted. When the screen to choose which OS to boot
> came up, Windows was not listed; Red Hat Linux 7.2 was the only choice.
> The drive still has all its files and folders, but there is no option to
> load Windows.
>
> Windows is installed on the primary master drive (hda according to
> Linux), and Linux is on the primary slave drive (hdb according to Linux).
Add something like the following to the /boot/grub/grub.conf file:
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
Read the grub info file, it's far more detailed than the man file.
i.e. type: info grub
If you're not familiar with using info, it's a bit like a plain text web
browser. You can cursor around and hit enter on some "* keywords:" to go
to other pages.
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| Charles Sullivan 2004-06-05, 10:50 am |
| On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:14:20 +0000, Wayne Vinson wrote:
> I have a PC with Windows 98 on a 30 GB HD. I wanted to install a copy of
> Red Hat Linux 7.2 that I had, and I figured that the easiest way would
> be to install it on a separate drive. After installing a 20 GB drive, I
> installed RHL 7.2 and specified that the boot loader (GRUB in this case)
> be installed to the MBR. Everything appeared to go OK until the install
> finished and I re-booted. When the screen to choose which OS to boot
> came up, Windows was not listed; Red Hat Linux 7.2 was the only choice.
> The drive still has all its files and folders, but there is no option to
> load Windows.
>
> Windows is installed on the primary master drive (hda according to
> Linux), and Linux is on the primary slave drive (hdb according to Linux).
>
> Can I get GRUB to give me the choice of loading Windows, or do I have to
> take more drastic actions? Thank you in advance.
>
> Wayne
>
> To reply to me directly, please replace .cam with .com in my return address.
You probably have this working by now, but in case not, add this
stanza to your /boot/grub/grub.conf file:
title Win98
root (hd1,1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
makeactive
chainloader +1
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| On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 13:18:50 GMT,
Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@triad.rr.com> posted:
> You probably have this working by now, but in case not, add this
> stanza to your /boot/grub/grub.conf file:
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> title Win98
> root (hd1,1)
> map (hd1) (hd0)
> map (hd0) (hd1)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
Doesn't the remapping have to be done before setting the root?
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