Cant boot winxp installed to hdc3.

Simastrick · 2006-09-03 19:11:44

I cant boot WinXP. I have just installed it to hdc3 (equivalent to (hd2.2) for grub), and this is what I put in menu.lst:

 (1) WindowsXP
title WindowsXP
map (hd0) (hd2)
map (hd2) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
makeactive
chainloader +1

but this only results in message:

Selected device does not exist.

I have tried all sorts of combinations, such as putting rootnoverify (hd2,2) before the map lines, etc. Searched other forums, google... But nothing.

The other message I get from some other combinations is:

Invalid or unsupported executable format.

any help?

edit: the hdc3 partition is also set to be bootable

karsten · 2006-09-03 20:08:35

take out those goofy map commands. use this:

root (hd2,2)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Simastrick · 2006-09-03 21:28:55

thats what i originally used, but of course its:

selected device does not exist

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