[lug] Re: Another GRUB, Linux, Win98, WinXP Question

OK, so you can boot directly into linux and into XP. You need to add
the capability to boot directly into Win98.
You need to edit your grub.conf file and add the following

title Win98
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

I'm not 100% sure but I think that the rootnoverify (hd0,0) tells grub
to boot from first partition of the first harddrive and chainloader +1
tells it to boot from first byte of that partition.
Then edit your boot.ini on windows XP and delete the line for win98 to
get rid of the XP boot menu.
I cant guarantee that it will work but its worth a try.
Hope this helps.

On 12/25/05, Nikhil Krishnan Mundayur <mundayur@gmail.com> wrote:
> Might be a stupid question, but won't chainloader +5 work?
>
> I thought the no. following the chaionloadre command was used to point to
> the partition where the next bootloader was to be found? I might very well
> be mistaken though... Kindly clarify, as I don't have more versions of
> Windows on my machine and so can't try it out..
>
>
> On 12/25/05, rrs.matrix@gmail.com < rrs.matrix@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Mirko wrote:
> > > Is it possible to configure grub, in order to boot Win98 and WinXP
> > > *directly*?
> > >
> > > That is, I have Win98 installed on hda1, WinXP on hda5 and linux on
> > > hda6.
> > >
> > > Grub let me start either linux or chainload to the bootmanager from
> > > WinXP,
> > > which then gives me the option to start 98 or XP.
> > >
> > > I would like to have three entries in grub:
> > >
> > > linux -- boots linux
> > > win98 -- boots Win98 directly (no WinXP bootmenu)
> > > winxp -- boots WinXP directly (no WinXP bootmenu)
> > >
> > > I googled for that, but I didn't found a "Thats not possible"-answer,
> > > so I think it has to work some how.
> > >
> > > I would prefer to use grub for that, but if the WinXP bootmanager can
> > > do the trick, I would use it instead.
> >
> >
> > ok..u can use the windows boot loader "ntldr"
> > first u will have to install grub to the first sector of u boot
> > partition; currently grub is installed on ur MBR.
> > follow this procedure to install grub
> > boot into linux..
> > login as root..
> > then type: $grub-install /dev/hda3 well guessing that hda3 is ur
> > linux partiotion.
> > if u don know the partition follow this procedure.
> > $fdisk /dev/hda hda being ur hard-drive.. if it don work try
> > hdb,hdc,hdd
> > in fdisk hit 'p'
> > this will print the partition table..then note down ur linux
> > partition.....hit 'q' to quit grub
> > well all done.. grub installation is now over...
> >
> > next..u have to copy the boot sector..
> > follow this procedure...
> > $dd if=/dev/hda3 of=linux.lnx bs=512 count=1
> > here the input is ur linux partition.. output is a file by name
> > linux.lnx
> > copy this file to the windows partition..
> >
> > reboot system..
> > load windows.....
> > on C drive there will be a file by name "boot.ini". u will have to edit
> > this file...( the file is hidden)
> > add an entry to this file. which will be like this..
> > C:\LINUX.LNX="My Linux"
> > save and exit.. reboot to check if all done....
> >
> > well... at this point u have configured ntldr to load linux..
> > now u have to remove grub...
> > use the windows install disk for this...
> > go the rescue mode...
> > type:
> > FIXMBR
> > this will reload the MBR with windows boot loader - ntldr
> >
> > exit....
> >
> > all done...
> > plz mail me if u have any problems....
> > keep clicking....
> > bye....
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Nikhil Krishnan Mundayur
> 8th Semester, B.Tech Computer Sc. & Engg.
> Model Engineering College, Kochi