Problems with Dual Booting

vorplex · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 11:04 pm Post subject: Problems with Dual Booting

Dual Booting

Is there any way to get Grub to boot my Windows XP thats on a raid?

I have my system set up like this

IDE1
Master: Linux HD
Slave: DVD rom

IDE2
Master: CDRW
Slave:

Highpoint 370 raid striping

IDE1
Master: Windows XP HD
Slave:

IDE2
Master: striped HD
Slave:

Any help/advice/suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Im a Linux Newbie so go easy on me

HogRider · Apprentice Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 160

First & foremost, can linux see & correctly interpret the array?

if answer=yes;
it's a good sign
fi
prepare for a lot of work

Seriously, like all things Un*x, it depends. Here's a starting point, but there's a lot more work to be done. Have you tried just configuring grub and giving it a shot?
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"Computers are like air conditioners, they stop working properly if you open Windows"
perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'

vorplex · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 9:52 pm Post subject: Grub

Yes I have tried to config grub to start WINxp, When Linux is running I can see my raid while setting up grub (hd0=linux, hd1=CDRW, hd2=raid). My problem is that when I reboot grub only sees hd0, and hd1.

HogRider · Apprentice Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 160

Will you post your attempted config for dual booting?

What leads you to believe grub can't see hd2?

Which /dev/hd* does linux identify it as?

Is the raid array controller a, b, c?
_________________
Mike

"Computers are like air conditioners, they stop working properly if you open Windows"
perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'

vorplex · Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 3:50 am Post subject: Fixed

I had grub config'ed wrong. Thank god I found this post from Darth Daver:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=18319&highlight=grub

, and thanks for the quick replies HogRider :wink: