[plug] Windows XP and Debian

I am the LinuxAlien linuxalien at optusnet.com.au
Mon Mar 17 06:59:30 WST 2003


I think my problem in getting this to work is that the drives aren't hda 
and hdb. they are hda for linux and hdd for xp. What would the relevant 
numbers be in the swapping? the map-drive part
Thanks
Tim
At 11:45 PM 16/03/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 11:50, Quintin Lette wrote:
><snip>
> > I haven't actually used it on Debian, but Grub makes your life so much 
> easier
> > for dual booting NT systems and Linux.
><snip>
> > title Windows XP
> >    map (hd0) (hd1)
> >    map (hd1) (hd0)
> >    rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> >    chainloader +1
> >    makeactive
>
>Key point to notice: hd0 and hd1 are swapped. :P
>
>Here's the relevant section from my lilo.conf:
>
>other=/dev/hdb
>   label="WinXP"
>   optional
>   map-drive=0x81
>     to=0x80
>   map-drive=0x80
>     to=0x81
>
>Good luck
>§:)

LinuxAlien

Riverton, Perth, WA



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