Bug#504390: grub-pc: booting WinXP Pro on /dev/hdb1 fails

[Felix Zielcke]

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Am Montag, den 03.11.2008, 12:32 +0100 schrieb Mahashakti89:

> Trying to boot WinXP on /dev/hdb1 fails, I am facing a blank screen ...
> Ctrl+Alt+Suppr does'nt work, I have to reset the machine by pushing the reset button.
> There is no problem if I use grub-legacy, everything is working fine.
> 
> The only way to boot XP is to change the disk order in the BIOS and to set /dev/hdb as the first
> disk.

The problem is that grub2 doestn't have yet the `map' command from
grub-legacy.
You probable can't boot Windows with grub-legacy on a different MBR then
hdb and without it.
If you install grub2 in MBR of /dev/hdb and change hd1,1 to hd0,1 in
grub.cfg then it should boot Windows fine.

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Felix Zielcke