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

[Mahashakti89]

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Le Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:58:09 +0100,
Felix Zielcke <fzielcke at z-51.de> a écrit :

> 
> forcemerge 503630 504390
> thanks
> 
> 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.
> 

Besten Dank für die schnelle Antwort ...

I was thinking about this solution but rebooting on WinXP is a thing I
am doing one time a week ... so I will wait till the map command is
implemented.

Regards

mahashakti89
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