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Homer119
10-14-2002, 10:39 AM
I had windows xp installed on my system and i have a 80- gig drive, so i partioned the drive and had xp on one side and linux on the other, now i am stuck in linux and cant seem to get back into windows, help me out plzz!
CrashTestDummy9
10-14-2002, 10:42 AM
Originally posted by Homer119
I had windows xp installed on my system and i have a 80- gig drive, so i partioned the drive and had xp on one side and linux on the other, now i am stuck in linux and cant seem to get back into windows, help me out plzz! What distro of Linux did you install ? What bootloader did you install and where? Inquiring minds need to know .
pruebens
10-14-2002, 10:44 AM
Who cares it's only winbloze.......(sorry couldn't resist).
Homer119
10-14-2002, 10:58 AM
of im running RH v8.0 i belive dled of the web burned it and istalled it and thats about all i know
CrashTestDummy9
10-14-2002, 11:21 AM
When you start your computer , which bootloader comes up ? LiLo or Grub ?
mdwatts
10-14-2002, 11:23 AM
http://linuxnewbie.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69162

Leave out the map commands and change hd1 to hd0.

hd0,0 is hda1
hd0,1 is hda2

etc...
CrashTestDummy9
10-14-2002, 11:31 AM
This is what my Grub cofig looks like

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd1,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdb2
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux Psyche 8.0
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14.img
title Win XP Pro SP1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
title Mandrake Linux 9.0 (Dolphin)
root (hd1,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-16mdk ro root=/dev/hdb5 hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.19-16mdk.img

This is what you want in your config file/menu.lst

title Win XP Pro SP1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
Homer119
10-14-2002, 11:32 AM
i have GRUB bootloader
CrashTestDummy9
10-14-2002, 11:36 AM
Originally posted by Homer119
i have GRUB bootloader Ok . As root go to your Grub config file and use an editor to add the above lines to that file . Make sure you save the new text before exiting . When you reboot you should have a choice between Windows and RH .
Homer119
10-14-2002, 11:37 AM
is the grub file /etc/fstab/???
CrashTestDummy9
10-14-2002, 11:46 AM
Its /boot/grub/grub.config
Homer119
10-14-2002, 11:53 AM
you guys r so kickass (im writiting this from xp) thx so much and 4 all ur help peace out! (you can find me posting like mad in networking)
CrashTestDummy9
10-14-2002, 12:02 PM
Cool . Glad we could help .