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[Jerry VanBrimmer]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 08:53:13PM -0500, john-thomas richards wrote:
> 
> Your /boot/grub/menu.1st file probably has a section similar to the
> following:
> 
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8 /dev/hda1 ro 
> boot
> 
> This would correspond to the grub boot option "Debian GNU/Linux, kernel
> 2.6.8".  (Your actual boot option is most likely different.)  To get
> grub to offer you a choice to boot the Win98 installation, you will need
> to add an additional entry to /boot/grub/menu.1st (that is menu.one-st,
> not the letter "l").  It will be *similar* to the following:
> 
> title         Windows 98
> root          (hd1,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader   +1
> 
> Pay attention to the "root" line; grub starts numbering drives and
> partitions with 0 rather than 1.  For example, my Debian section above
> is the first hard drive (hd0) and the *second* partition (hd0,1).  Your
> Win98 is likely the second hard drive and first partition and would
> therefore be (hd1,0).  I am not sure how you have your Win98 drive
> partitioned, however.
> -- 
> john-thomas
> ------
> Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great
> teacher.
> Japanese proverb

Hello jt! Nice to "see" you!


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