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Re: GRUB question

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Old 01-17-2008, 07:48 AM
Craig McCluskey
 
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Douglas Mayne wrote:
> Caveat: I am not running Windows XP.
>
> I would at least try this stanza in grub (the command can also be entered
> at the grub shell at startup):
>
> Title Windows XP
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> Provide proper values for (hdx,y) if (hd0,0) is not correct.
>
> If this works (and it should), then grub can be the loader for all of
> your OS's


I do have a dual boot with XP. The appropriate entry in my
/boot/grub/grub.conf is:

title XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1


Craig

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