[KLUG Members] RE:Dual Boot

[Edward T Killips]

On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:04 PM, John Corey wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:56:24 -0500
> From: Edward T Killips <camber at yakko.cs.wmich.edu>
> Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] Dual boot problem.
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> On Jan 31, 2007, at 9:39 PM, John Corey wrote:
>
> > I am trying to use Windows XP/Ubuntu in dual boot.
> >
> > When I try to startup Windows I get this:
> >
> > Windows XP
> >
> > root (h0,0)
> >
> Use rootnoverify
> -ed
> > Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
> > savedefault
> > makeactive
> > chainloader +1
> > (flashing cursor)
> >
> >
> >
> > and there it sits...nothing else happens. I have looked under
> > qtparted, it says that everything is fine.
> >
> > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > John Corey, KC8WLE
> > kc8wle at yahoo.com
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>
> Ok. I tried using 'rootnoverify'. It gave me additional errors.
>
> First try ended this way:
>
> root (h0,0)
> Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
> rootnoverify
> (hd0,0): Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
> (flashing cursor)
>
>
> Then I tried using it in place of root:
>
>
> rootnoverify
> (hd0,1): Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
>
> Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format
>
> Press any key to continue...
>
>
>
> I went back to qparted and when I launched it under root user I got  
> this popup:
> "Cannot umount partition device: /dev/hda1. Please do it by hand  
> first."
> I was able to click OK and continue on with the program.
>
> Plus, /dev/hda1 (windows) is marked 'active' when /dev/hda2  
> (ubuntu) isn't marked.
>
> Is this info any help?
>
>
>
>
>
> John Corey, KC8WLE
> kc8wle at yahoo.com
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> 

These are the lines I use to boot Windows and Linux  on one of my  
machines:

#  Boot Windows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0):
makeactive
chainloader  +1

# Boot Linux
title Linux
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2

-ed
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