GRUB Bootloader Wont Let Me Load Windows
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have recently installed mepis onto my spare hard drive, putting the grub bootloader onto my main disk. Now, when grub starts, there is no option to load windows. I know that I need to add it to /boot/grub/menu.lst, but I dont know the exact code to add.
WinXP is on hdc1, Linux on hdd1 and 3.
Help would be appreciated alot! I'm fairly new to linux (first install), and love it, but I need windows too; every operating system has its advantages and disadvantages.
default saved timeout
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default saved
timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
splashimage /boot/grub/boot.xpm.gz
title MEPIS at hdd1, kernel 2.6.10
kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10 root=/dev/hdd1 nomce psmouse.proto=imps quiet splash=silent vga=791
initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd.splash
savedefault
title MEPIS at hdd1, kernel 2.4.29
kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.29 root=/dev/hdd1 nomce quiet splash=silent vga=791 hda=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi
initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd.splash
savedefault
title MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86.bin
title Use a qwerty keyboard with GRUB
setkey y y
setkey Y Y
setkey q q
setkey Q Q
setkey w w
setkey W W
setkey a a
setkey A A
setkey semicolon semicolon
setkey colon colon
setkey z z
setkey Z Z
setkey m m
setkey M M
setkey comma comma
setkey less less
setkey period period
setkey greater greater
setkey slash slash
setkey bracketright bracketright
setkey backslash backslash
setkey doublequote doublequote
setkey 1 1
setkey exclam exclam
setkey 2 2
setkey at at
setkey 3 3
setkey numbersign numbersign
setkey 4 4
setkey dollar dollar
setkey 5 5
setkey percent percent
setkey 6 6
setkey caret caret
setkey 7 7
setkey ampersand ampersand
setkey 8 8
setkey asterisk asterisk
setkey 9 9
setkey parenleft parenleft
setkey 0 0
setkey parenright parenright
setkey minus minus
setkey backquote backquote
setkey tilde tilde
setkey braceright braceright
setkey question question
setkey braceleft braceleft
setkey quote quote
setkey underscore underscore
title Utiliser un clavier azerty avec GRUB
setkey y y
setkey Y Y
setkey a q
setkey A Q
setkey z w
setkey Z W
setkey q a
setkey Q A
setkey m semicolon
setkey M colon
setkey w z
setkey W Z
setkey comma m
setkey question M
setkey semicolon comma
setkey period less
setkey colon period
setkey slash greater
setkey exclam slash
setkey dollar bracketright
setkey asterisk backslash
setkey percent doublequote
setkey ampersand 1
setkey 1 exclam
setkey tilde 2
setkey 2 at
setkey doublequote 3
setkey 3 numbersign
setkey quote 4
setkey 4 dollar
setkey parenleft 5
setkey 5 percent
setkey minus 6
setkey 6 caret
setkey backquote 7
setkey 7 ampersand
setkey underscore 8
setkey 8 asterisk
setkey caret 9
setkey 9 parenleft
setkey at 0
setkey 0 parenright
setkey parenright minus
setkey less backquote
setkey greater tilde
setkey numbersign braceright
setkey backslash question
setkey bracketright braceleft
setkey braceleft quote
setkey braceright underscore
title Benutze qwertz Tastatur mit GRUB
setkey y z
setkey z y
setkey Y Z
setkey Z Y
setkey equal parenright
setkey parenright parenleft
setkey parenleft asterisk
setkey doublequote at
setkey backquote equal
setkey plus bracketright
setkey minus slash
setkey slash ampersand
setkey ampersand percent
setkey percent caret
setkey underscore question
setkey question underscore
setkey semicolon less
setkey less numbersign
setkey numbersign backslash
setkey colon greater
setkey greater bar
setkey asterisk braceright
setkey caret backquote
setkey backslash minus
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Will add the code you just sent and see if it works.
Question: what MEPIS version
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Question: what MEPIS version do you use? That seems rather old. Try SimplyMEPIS 6.0 or even SimplyMEPIS 6.5 beta5 (Beta is not recommended for newbies usually... however this one is pretty good, at least in my experience)
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grub won't load windows
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Thats an interesting drive layout! I would like to see your /etc/fstab file it would probably save a lot of time.
Looks like a 3.3.1 kernel but im mystafied by the drive lettering with only two drives.
jim
Mepis 2.6, lol.Anyway, I've
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Mepis 3.3, lol.
Anyway, I've got it working now.
Can you please post your
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Can you please post your /boot/grub/menu.lst file here? If we don't see it we can not figure out what's wrong,
The entry most likely should look like:
title Windows at sdc1
rootnoverify (hd2,0)
chainloader +1
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