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Thread: Dual-boot with 3 HDDs


i've used ubuntu time on system, on 1 have multiple hdds. i'm kind of newbie here pretty used automated process in past.

have 3 hdds. 1 of them had xp installed, other ntfs holding data , chose third 1 install ubuntu 9.04 grub (formatted whole hdd). changed bios boot priority hdd grub boot first.

ubuntu boots fine fails boot xp through grub.

checked /boot/grub/menu.lst file see how xp entry is:
(it created hd1,0 automatically)
code:
title		microsoft windows xp professional rootnoverify	(hd1,0) savedefault chainloader	+1
i have read xp can't boot unless in first hdd need add mapping commands desired behaviour:

code:
grub>map (hd0) (hd1) grub>map (hd1) (hd0)
i have 2 problems here.

don't know hdd 1 has windows xp (that is, if hd1,0 right thing). when tried boot entry above got grub error 13 "invalid or unsupported executable format".

secondly don't know in order need add mapping commands xp entry on meny.lst.

fdisk -l output following:

(80.0 gb xp, 250.0 gb ntfs data one)

code:
disk /dev/sda: 80.0 gb, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes disk identifier: 0xf7f7f7f7     device boot      start         end      blocks   id  system /dev/sda1   *           1        9728    78140128+   7  hpfs/ntfs  disk /dev/sdb: 123.5 gb, 123522416640 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15017 cylinders units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes disk identifier: 0x9a99c226     device boot      start         end      blocks   id  system /dev/sdb1   *           1       14402   115684033+  83  linux /dev/sdb2           14403       15017     4939987+   5  extended /dev/sdb5           14403       15017     4939956   82  linux swap / solaris  disk /dev/sdc: 250.0 gb, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes disk identifier: 0x00e5a77f     device boot      start         end      blocks   id  system /dev/sdc1   *           1       30400   244187968+   7  hpfs/ntfs
appreciate

not complete answer according fdisk output:

/dev/sda1 (hd0) 80gb ntfs (windows)
/dev/sdb1 (hd1) 123.5gb linux (ubuntu)
/dev/sdc1 (hd2) 250gb ntfs (data)

tgeer


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