Linux booting problem

[dardanel]

HI!
I have a problem with my linux SUSE 10 . Now i have to my computer 2 drives. First i instal windows XP on one (the slave) and then i instal SUSE 10 on the other drive(the master). When i start my computer i get a page where linux ask me if i want to start suse 10 or windows (there are and a few extra option, but they are not important) , if i choose linux it's working EXCELENT but if i choose to go on windows i get the error "CHAINLOADER(hd1,0)+1". Can someone , PLEASE!!! , tell me what i must do to make it work.

[jr_yeo]

this is only a suggestion. m no expert at Linux. why not install winXP in the master HDD and install the SuSe in the slave HDD

or u could partition the master HDD and save ur important docs in the slave HDD its a big headache (i know) but at least u dont have backup ur important docs when u decided that the installation isn't to ur liking

This is only a suggestion.

[BLiZZaRD]

You need to edit grub to look at the slave drive. Try editing the windows entry to this:

title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader (hd1)+1

[Twey]

why not install winXP in the master HDD and install the SuSe in the slave HDD

Because, compared to GRUB, NTLDR is a child's toy

dardanel: Please post your grub.conf and device.map here (as it was before applying BLiZZaRD's suggestion, if you've already done so).

[BLiZZaRD]

EEK! Was I wrong?

[Twey]

Not necessarily. I just wanted to see what s/he had going at the time
I do think your suggestion was unnecessary, though. Windows doesn't usually mind being run off a slave drive. It's only logical partitions it has trouble with.

rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1

... should be sufficient.

but at least u dont have backup ur important docs when u decided that the installation isn't to ur liking

But what about when Windows crashes and takes all his/her data with it? On a serious note, I couldn't stand SuSE 9, but I've heard good things of SuSE 10. It's probably not so bad a choice.

[BLiZZaRD]

Oh! Wheeew!

[jr_yeo]

(shrugs) lame as it may sound, what i suggested to dardanel works for me

[dardanel]

THANKS TO ALL !!! for your posts. I try what you post to me and for me it work what BLiZZaRD post. Now it works EXCELENT !!!

[jr_yeo]

great