From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Imnom-0005vs-It for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:55:29 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l9U9rbPd004834; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:53:37 GMT Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.187]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l9U9rasX004829 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:53:36 GMT Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i10so3205728mue for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:53:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=8b554NFgnMC+e5aKjcZfgtEvzeRUFy7gwIF1tZrT/Zg=; b=SSS6OtwUG9XaTAFhDdgfMf7O61LzFNSklPN3aZmdVjV8AalCxrvsVw+cFhsXx7Q4Eo3JWS7XRZKMNaMllltQAggT9nSfgvYKYF/Fct4L+Nmvc1gdm2yzTw862FDBr2CwNnUVbpQTms0A41/0pTg4Ll8aUJIA9RFFFH1su0O92Z0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=IiVOcxAC24fDoLCGWCM5SQZY6Y7jaVSl4HUMHHP6MnwqxYrxGjKNM3dvOeaOlUcs6FFj9P1OjfXtcwN6l7tNYcLLUKvtBYL9m7x/AvkhTbmcdwVw4FBBtRCFuwV+9KZgaVV/fnnQRnKG9GZwz4pcYYDrPcinffvhgJztxqVhjm8= Received: by 10.82.152.16 with SMTP id z16mr12929845bud.1193738015360; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:53:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.135.4 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:53:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:53:35 +0100 From: Beso To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Load NTLDR from GRUB? In-Reply-To: <200710300855.01638.prh@gotadsl.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_2037_15128012.1193738015349" References: <5c4f3a5c0710271514o35d0bd57n2d877c3cfb0d6297@mail.gmail.com> <200710281224.06492.tcoulon@decoulon.ch> <200710281144.42462.prh@gotadsl.co.uk> <200710300855.01638.prh@gotadsl.co.uk> X-Archives-Salt: 44462879-d8da-4aba-b723-afab8dd233df X-Archives-Hash: bd7ce5260afae6ce08e9e037fabb83c0 ------=_Part_2037_15128012.1193738015349 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline try universal boot cd with ranish partition editor, make the third partition executable and then reboot and use: title windows root(hd0,2) chainloader +1 and that should start windows xp without any problem. 2007/10/30, Peter Humphrey : > > On Sunday 28 Oct 2007, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday 28 Oct 2007, Thierry de Coulon wrote: > > > I'd say the second partition is only a problem if the first is "seen" > > > by Winblow - that is if it has any filesystem readable by it. > > > > I have /dev/hda1 ext2, /dev/hda2 ext2, /dev/hda3 HPFS, then various > > logical partitions up to /dev/hda12. /dev/hda4 is the extended > partition. > > Grub cannot start Win XP. I don't see how that fits this theory. > > Apologies - I meant NTFS for the XP partition, of course. > > -- > Rgds > Peter. > Linux Counter 5290, Aug 93 > -- > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- dott. ing. beso ------=_Part_2037_15128012.1193738015349 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline try universal boot cd with ranish partition editor, make the third partition executable and then reboot and use:

title windows
root(hd0,2)
chainloader +1

and that should start windows xp without any problem.

2007/10/30, Peter Humphrey <prh@gotadsl.co.uk>:
On Sunday 28 Oct 2007, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Sunday 28 Oct 2007, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> > I'd say the second partition is only a problem if the first is "seen"
> > by Winblow - that is if it has any filesystem readable by it.
>
> I have /dev/hda1 ext2, /dev/hda2 ext2, /dev/hda3 HPFS, then various
> logical partitions up to /dev/hda12. /dev/hda4 is the extended partition.
> Grub cannot start Win XP. I don't see how that fits this theory.

Apologies - I meant NTFS for the XP partition, of course.

--
Rgds
Peter.
Linux Counter 5290, Aug 93
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