[plug] Windows XP and Debian

Quintin Lette quintin at arach.net.au
Mon Mar 17 17:05:11 WST 2003


in grub should be 

map (hd0) (hd3)
map (hd3) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd3,0)

in lilo

map-drive=0x83
	to=0x80
map-drive=0x80
	to=0x83

HTH
Quintin

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 06:59 am, I am the LinuxAlien wrote:
> 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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