installing windows on a second hard drive.

[ckwall]

Ihave Gentoo on my 40 gig HD. I have added a 4 gig HD to meet my needs for one program that Ineed for work. How do Iset Grub up to boot also to windows?

Here is my current menu.lst including what I have added for Win. Please advise.

default 0
timeout 5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3
hdd=scsi

title=Windows
root (hd1,0)
chainloader +1

[fghellar]

First, I'd seriously recommend that you swap those disks, leaving windows as hd0.

Then, put this in your menu.lst:

[delta407]

[ckwall]

How would I go about changing the drives arround. Are you talking about making the windows drive master, and linux slave? I am a newbie, so talk to me like i'm three.

[delta407]

Yes, switching jumpers ought to work for you, though the Windows install will wipe out Grub. You also have the option of using the map keyword, where you could leave the disks as-is and let Grub swap them in software; all told, Windows can't tell the difference.

So, you could either switch the drives around or add the following to the Windows block:

[ckwall]

So if i go the rout of mapping the drives, rather than swapping jumpers, will that leave grub alone?

Where do i put the mapping?

[delta407]

Adding those two lines under the "chainloader" command ought to do the trick, no jumper or cable swapping.
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[ckwall]

Thank you. That worked out very nicely. I appreciate your help and timely replies.