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Hi All,
I have a machine with Arch on allready which is my test machine and works a treat so I want to start dual booting on my machine here's the setup.
2 x 80GB SATA Harddisk Striped (Running Windows XP) 160GB All
1 x 120GB IDE Harddisk (Running Arch 0.72)
1 x 160 GB SATA Harddisk (NTFS)
I have installed arch on the 120GB boot I am stuck on the booting between the two OS... Can any one help with sorting code to boot windows.
Current Desktop OS: Windows XP & Arch 0.72
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Luke_c , I am guessing you are using grub to boot with.
If so, you need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add these lines
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
Of course, you can give it any title you want. Also make sure the rootnoverify line points too the correct drive and partition. Grub starts numbering with zero so hd0,0 would be the first hard drive and the first partition.
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Luke_c , I am guessing you are using grub to boot with.
If so, you need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add these linestitle Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1
Of course, you can give it any title you want. Also make sure the rootnoverify line points too the correct drive and partition. Grub starts numbering with zero so hd0,0 would be the first hard drive and the first partition.
Yeah I am using grub... What would it be for a SATA Striped harddisk though do you think.
I have these options for install
/dev/hdd is the 120GB (arch)
/dev/sda is the two 80gb striped (windows xp)
/dev/sdb
/dev/sdc is the 160gb ntfs drive
Current Desktop OS: Windows XP & Arch 0.72
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I am not sure if there is anything extra or different to do for an SATA drive. But, if you have windows on a drive other that the first drive, you need to remap the drives in grub.
You can find an example in the wiki
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I have major problems I can't install the boot loader on any drive... I think I need help....
Current Desktop OS: Windows XP & Arch 0.72
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install bootloader in mbr. Use lilo, if Grub is giving you headaches
for lilo the XP part is
other=/dev/sda1
optional
label=Windows XP
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sorry WindowsXP without a gap
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Which one is the mbr because it only gives my choses of drives.
Current Desktop OS: Windows XP & Arch 0.72
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Which one is the mbr because it only gives my choses of drives.
during installation? i think it is just named "hda"
because that would refer to the master boot record (mbr)
edit: i think you should use "hdd" in your case
(although I have no experience with multiple hard disk drives or sata drives)
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Your mbr should be on the first part of the drive that your pc is set to boot to in your bios.
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Your mbr should be on the first part of the drive that your pc is set to boot to in your bios.
exactly
at the bootloader installation screen in the archlinux installer, you have to select the drive that is configured in your bios to boot up automatically.
For example: "hdd" if your IDE hd is configured to boot up.
You can probably check your bios by restarting the pc and holding a key like F1, DEL or ESC (depends on your computer, most of the time a message will appear on the screen, something like: press DEL to enter setup)
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