Help adding Win XP Pro to the Grub Menu

[spider]

http://www.pjetr.be/blog/linux-mint-ins ... beginners/

backup before you try anything.... I'm still new to Linux myself so you now have a warning!

if it works let me know, I would like to put Linux as the first and the second option XP... I have two drives myself.

or we both can wait... I'm still researching just in-case this website is incorrect!

good luck!
spider

[spider]

ok... I found what you can use!

for now do this instead of playing Linux tech... when we all get better at that then go for it.

or if you do deside to do the link I sent you... let me know what you did because i'm afraid that it maybe correct or not.

I don't like to guess.... sorry.

go into your package manager and type in the search "qgrubeditor"

have fun!

spider

[Acid_1]

Add this to the end of the Grub file:

first: gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Code: Select all

title		Windows XP Pro
root		(hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader	+1

And to make it default, go to the line that says this:

# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
# default 2

And change the default. Windows XP Pro will be the last one in the list, so count your boot options and put it in there. So lets say you have the Normal, Safe, Mem86+, and Windows XP, put default 3, as it starts counting from 0 rather than 1. So if you have 6 boot options, stick default 5 in. And make sure to remove the '#'

That _should_ do it.

EDIT: As said with the default before, I put (hd1,0) assuming that your Windows disc is your second drive, if it's your first put it as (hd0,0)

[Aging Technogeek]

If your Grub bootloader is on your Mint disk it will consider that disk sda. Set the Bios to boot from your Mint drive as default and you should have no problems - unless you have a mix of sata and ide drives ( see this article: http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... annot_boot )

[Acid_1]

I don't think IDE and SATA drives are identified any differently in GRUB. I use that way and I have an IDE drive, and most others have a SATA and use that. Whichever has GRUB installed is going to be SDA and whichever is the other is going to be SDB. But when configuring the bootloader, all you have to worry about is "is it (hd0,0) or (hd1,0)"

[Acid_1]

Alright i typed in the stuff and here is what happens

Windows shows up
as default
but when it runs al i get is a black screen that says starting up at the too left side.

thanks

?? Could you please elaborate on that? I'm afraid I don't understand.

[Aging Technogeek]

Bennetto:

Can you post a copy of your Grub menu so we can see exactly what you did? It will help clarify the problem and might indicate the solution.

[Acid_1]

But Mint still starts correctly? I have a feeling it's more of a matter of needing some fancy tip-toeing around the booting of Windows through GRUB.

[Acid_1]

Ah, it's just a matter of doing some fancy footwork, as I thought. I am not well versed in the area of boot, however if you PM Fred, he'll be able to help you. (If you read this sorry to volunteer you. )