menu.lst

Lolo Uila · Post by **Lolo Uila** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:33 pm

If the Dell recovery partition is the first partition (hd0,0), then your Windows boot partition is probably (hd0,1).

If I'm reading your description right, I see:

hd0,0 = Dell recovery partition
hd0,1 = Windows boot (C: drive)
hd0,2 = Windows data (D: drive)
hd0,3 = Linux

So your Windows entry should look something like this:

title Windows XP
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

Aloha, Tim

Lolo Uila · Post by **Lolo Uila** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:30 pm

Which root device is the bootable Linux partition?

Lolo Uila · Post by **Lolo Uila** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:38 pm

That's really odd... hd0,1 should be Windows.

I really don't know what to suggest here, other than reinstalling grub. I wonder if Dell was running some kind of funky BIOS overlay or proprietary boot manager in their boot sector? Dell does some really odd stuff sometimes.

If you want to post your menu.lst file I'll take a look at it.

Aloha, Tim

merlwiz79 · Post by **merlwiz79** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:09 pm

What Happens if you try this for you menu.lst.

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title		Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root		(hd0,1)
savedefault
map		(hd0) (hd0,1)
map		(hd0,1) (hd0)
chainloader	+1