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gilesc
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 Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:20 pm Post subject: New Install - Grub Issues, Dual booting Windows 7 [PEBKAC] |
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OK,
So I got a new PC to replace my old one. This time I would like to dual-boot it. The system came with Windows 7 Ultimate pre-loaded.
Forgive me, it's been a while since I've been through this, but something isn't working.
I have two partitions.
Partition 1 /dev/sda1 - This is the Windows Bitlocker / WinRE partition (it is the active partition)
Partition 2 /dev/sda2 - This is the main Windows partition (The one that is my C: drive in Windows).
I shrank Parition 2 to leave 200Gb at the end of my 1.5Tb Disk.
I then created:
Partition 3 /dev/sda3 - Linux Boot
Partition 4 /dev/sda4 - Linux Root
No swap (I have 6Gb of RAM).
I'm doing a pure x86_64 install so I have emerged grub-static and I'm using genkernel for simplicity sake at the moment, so my grub.conf looks something like this:
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default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Gentoo Linux 2.6.30-r5
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.30-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda4
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x_86_64-2.6.30-gentoo-r5
title Windows 7
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
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The problem is, I get the grub loading stage 1.5... message then the screen goes blank and I'm just left with a flashing cursor at the top left of the screen...
Any ideas?
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FizzyWidget
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz is wrong - change that to (hd0,2) - grub should show up then and allow you to choose which OS you want
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz should be splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz or #splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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gilesc
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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 oops... silly me... yes it works...
I'm just so used to getting grub wrong...
Thanks! |
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