big trouble with grub and windows xp

[nabla]

hi,

i just installed gentoo and everything worked fine.
i only have trouble with grub, which is not able to boot my old win xp.

i use this settings:
hda1: boot, ext3, 100MB
hda2: windows, ntfs, 8 GB
hda3: swap, 1 GB
hda4: linux, ext3, 30 GB

there is no problem with booting linux.

to boot win xp, i use the following commands:

title=Windows XP
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

the error message is: "Filesystem type unkown, partition type 0x7".

i also tried rootnoverify instead of root and makeactive, but it didn't work.
there is no error message when using rootnoverify (logo!). it just hangs up after chainloader +1.
i don't think that the win xp partition is damaged, i was able to read the files.

has anyone an idea how to fix this???
why is ntfs unknown to grub?

thanks for every hint,
with kind regards form switzerland
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[HogRider]

Have you tried [usr=http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/help.html]this[/url] site:

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/help.html

One of the key components of dual booting inferior OS's is their insistance on using the first drive/partition to boot. Grub allows you to perform a little slight of hand, and *bam*, the emperor has new clothes....
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